TIP OF THE DAY: Make Hot Cross Buns For Easter

Hot cross buns: an Easter tradition. Photocourtesy Amy’s Bread.   Hot cross buns are sweet yeast buns made with raisins or currants and decorated with a cross. The cross was originally made with knife cuts in the dough; today it’s piped or spooned on with icing. The cross symbolizes the Crucifixion, and the buns are…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Change Your Sandwich Recipes For Spring

Ah, spring. The days are longer, it’s getting warmer and soon spring vegetables will be in the market. Add some spring touches to your sandwiches: Lose the iceberg. Instead of—or in addition to—lettuce, add baby arugula or baby spinach. Add fresh herbs. You can use whatever you have on hand, from chives and dill to…
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PRODUCT: Deli-Style Sandwich Wrap

We have a new favorite sandwich wrap. Tumaro’s, the first company to introduce flavored tortillas, has added New York Deli Style Wraps to its line of gourmet tortillas and wraps. The five flavors are inspired by New York deli breads: Rye, Pumpernickel, Sour Dough, Everything and Cracked Pepper. The wraps are rolling out now to…
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COOKING VIDEO: Irish Soda Bread Recipe

  You don’t have to wait until St. Patrick’s Day to make Irish soda bread. Start now and see how quickly those delicious loaves disappear. Soda bread is a chemically-leavened quick bread, using baking soda instead of yeast. Baking soda produces a lighter, airy crumb. Soda bread dates back to approximately 1840, when bicarbonate of…
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PRODUCT: Gluten-Free Crackers

We have a new cracker passion: Blue Diamond Natural Nut-Thins. You may be familiar with Blue Diamond nuts, produced by a California co-op of 3,200 growers. Their almonds have been sold since 1910—one hundred years of health almonds. In addition to almond butter and Almond Breeze almond milk, the company makes nut thins that are…
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