RECIPE: Prosciutto-Cucumber Roulade Appetizer

Parma ham, also known as prosciutto, is an easy ingredient for appetizers and first courses, paired with anything from melon to salads. This recipe from Italian chef Nicola Batavia, of Birichin in Turin, has eye appeal, crunch and, the palate-pleasing prosciutto and gin! Serve it as a first course; or instead of the salad course…
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TIP: Eat More Peaches ~ The Season Ends Soon!

Skillet photo courtesy Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. Photo of Wisconsin Fontina courtesy Emmi Roth USA.   Soon, juicy peaches will be gone from the shelf. Even if you’ve had a few, as hand fruit or in recipes, seek them out in the next few weeks and enjoy peaches while you still can. Our personal favorite…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Ways To Use Fresh Summer Tomatoes

Sometimes, the government bodies that approve food holidays are way out of whack. Fresh Tomato Day is April 6th. National Tomato Day is June 1st. October is National Tomato Month. In California and Florida, the two states that grow the most tomatoes, you can probably get a fresh tomato in April and most certainly in…
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20+ Ways To Use Pimento Cheese At Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Pimento cheese is known as a Southern specialty, along with barbecue, catfish and hush puppies, grits, red velvet cake, and sweet tea. Yet, according to a Southern culinary historian, the soft cheese and red bell pepper spread is a Northern invention. The recipe to make your own pimento cheese is below, following the history of…
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