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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RECIPE: Elvis Sandwich a.k.a. Midnight Snack Sandwich

Elvis Presley’s favorite sandwich (photo courtesy Hipsubwg.Blogspot.com.   Elvis Presley was born on January 8, 1935, and left the world too soon in 1977, age 42. As has been told many times, his favorite food was a fried peanut butter and banana sandwich. Try one to see if you and Elvis enjoy the same snack.…
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RECIPE: Panettone Yogurt Parfait & More Panettone Recipes

[1] A panettone parfait for breakfast or for dessert (photo © Whole Foods Market). [2] Panettone is also a delicious breakfast bread (photo © Bauducco). [3] Tangerines, a type of mandarin (photo © Melissa’s Produce).   Just when we’d turned the last of our panettone into French toast for New Year’s Day breakfast, another panettone…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Panko, Japanese Bread Crumbs

We no longer use American bread crumbs. For several years, our crumb of choice is panko, the crispy bread crumb used in Japanese cuisine (think tonkatsu and crunchy sushi rolls). They’re actually “bread flakes” rather than bread crumbs. Panko is made in small flakes, not ground into crumbs like traditional bread crumbs. The flakes provide…
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