TIP OF THE DAY: Panzanella, Summer Bread Salad

Panzanella, Tuscan bread salad. Photo by Jerry Keith | Wikimedia.   Bread salad, like French toast and croutons, is one of those delicious recipes invented by necessity: Poor people needed to get another meal from leftover bread that had gone stale. Panzanella is a Tuscan-style bread salad made with a loaf of day-old (or older)…
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Blueberry Muffins Recipe For National Blueberry Muffin Day

[1] Homemade blueberry muffins (photo © Klikk | Fotolia). [2] Summer is peak blueberry season. Enjoy as many as you can (photo © Vino Li | Unsplash).   July 11th is National Blueberry Muffin Day. If you’ve never made blueberry muffins from scratch, today’s the day. (If not, July is National Blueberry Month and July…
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PRODUCT: Wheat Thins Lime, Limited Edition

Limited-edition Lime Wheat Thins. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   “Taste the bold lime flavor,” beckons the entire back side of the new, limited edition Wheat Thins. Fans of Wheat Thins, those crunchy little cracker squares from Nabisco, might note that lime and salt are also flavors of that popular drink, the Margarita.…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: King’s Hawaiian Sweet Breads & Rolls

Bet you can‘t eat just one of King’s Hawaiian sweet dinner rolls. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   Most Americans are not familiar with Portuguese sweet bread. But if the Taira family of Hawaii has its way, every home will be feasting on their version of it: King’s Hawaiian Original Sweet Bread. A…
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RECIPES: Gourmet Grilled Cheese Sandwiches ~ With Strawberries Or Brussels Sprouts

April is National Grilled Cheese Month, a sandwich we love so much we could eat a different recipe every day. We’re beginning our “grilled cheese coverage” with two creative recipes from Vermont Farmstead Cheese Company, an artisan creamery. The first gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches is called the French Connection, because it uses the creamery’s Lillé…
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