For July 4th: A Red, White & Blue Hot Dog Pizza Recipe

In addition to hot dogs on the grill, here’s something different for July 4th week: a red, white, and blue pizza. You can also make the pizza on the grill (here’s how). When you don’t want a red, white, and blue theme, use white waxy potatoes instead of the blue variety. Or, ditch the sliced…
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Fresh Tomato & Bell Pepper Salsa Recipe For Cinco De Mayo

[1] This recipe adds circles of sweet mini-bell peppers to the conventional tomato salsa ingredients (photo ˙ Melissa’s Produce). [2] If you’d like to grow your own, you can get the seeds here. Red serranos are typically sweeter and slightly less crisp than the green ones, and can sometimes be a bit hotter. The heat…
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Fusion Food: Loaded Mexican Pizza Recipe For Cinco De Mayo

We love fusion food: when to different cuisines mix it up. Mexico meets Italy in this Loaded Mexican Pizza recipe for Cinco de Mayo. > The history of pizza. > The history of Cinco de Mayo. > 85+ Cinco De Mayo recipes.     RECIPE: LOADED MEXICAN PIZZA This recipe makes a 12-inch pizza. It…
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Eat The Rainbow Gift For Home Cooks & Regenerative Farming

[1] The splendid Eat The Rainbow box from Farmer Jones Farm (photos #1, #2, #3, #4 © Hannah Kaminsky | Bittersweet Blog). [2] Oca and sunchokes. Oka, cultivated by the Incas like potatoes, are an underground stem tuber that originated in the high altitudes of the Andes Mountains. Sunchoke, also called Jerusalem artichoke, is a…
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Easter Candy Charcuterie Board For An After-Dinner Treat

Here’s a crowd pleaser of an idea for Easter dinner: an Easter candy “charcuterie board” (platter) at the end of the meal, instead of petit fours*. Candies and cookies take the place of the meats on an actual charcuterie board†. We serve ours at the end of the meal, after dessert, with coffee. You can…
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