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Bunny Pops: Rice Krispie Treats or ice cream bars. Photo courtesy Recipe.com. How cute are these Easter Bunny Pops? They’re a creative Easter snack idea: Rice Krispie Treats on a stick. Here’s the recipe, from Recipe.com. You can also port the idea to ice cream bars: Paint bunny faces on ice cream bars (our…
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A colorful and yummy beet dip. Photo courtesy Dole.com. We love beets in every form: baked, Harvard, pickled, beet ravioli, steamed beats, soup (borscht is Russian beet soup), in gourmet appetizer recipes, in green salads, with goat cheese and endive…even beet ice cream (substitute beets in a strawberry ice cream recipe) and beet cake…
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Charoset, an apple chutney that’s a traditional Passover dish. Photo courtesy BeeRaw.com. Passover, the holiday that commemorates the liberation of the Jews from bondage in ancient Egypt more than 3,300 years ago, begins this evening. One of the symbolic foods on the Passover seder plate is charoset (also spelled charoseth, charoses or haroseth), a…
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Marvelous Malbecs. Photo courtesy Trapiche Vineyards. If you’re in charge of the wine for Easter, how about trying something new? Malbec, the signature grape of the Cahors area of southwestern France, has become the signature grape of Argentina. You’re likely to find a nice choice of Malbecs from both areas on the shelves of…
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For a festive Easter dish, look for purple potatoes. You can serve them baked, boiled with parsley, as fries, mashed or in other favorite dishes. You can make purple gnocchi and potato chips. Hash browns can become hash purples. We turn them into a red, white and blue July 4th potato salad, mixed with white…
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