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We’ll soon celebrate Thanksgiving, a remembrance of a harvest feast that took place 394 years ago. Pumpkin may have been served at the Pilgrims’ first harvest feast, but it wasn’t pumpkin pie. The pumpkin pie we know and love first appears in cookbooks in the early 19th century. After a horrific first winter that saw…
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If your crowd is elegant, use finer ingredients than crushed Oreos and M&Ms. Photo courtesy Gather By Damico | Minneapolis. Add a special element to any small party, or even a quiet evening with the family, by putting together a mix and match pudding parfait bar. It’s a popular annual event at our place;…
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Is this your year to host a candy apple party for Halloween? Kids and adults alike will love the opportunity to customize caramel and/or red candy apples. First send out the invites, then start to gather the ingredients. You prepare trays of candy- and or caramel-coated apples, and guests do a quick re-dip and add…
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Vermouth is enjoying a renaissance. Vermouth (ver-MOOTH) is a fortified wine—one that includes a base spirit—flavored with a proprietary mixture of botanicals (roots, barks, flowers, seeds, herbs, spices). A glass of sweet red vermouth with an orange slice or twist was long a fashionable apéritíf for café society*. In Barcelona today, vermouth and tapas are…
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[1] Party time! Check out this article (photo © Sally Roeckell | Heinen’s). [1] Provide a plain bowl of chopped avocado and let guests pile on the toppings (photo © Nadine Primeau | Unsplash). [2] Hass is the best avocado for creamy guacamole (photo © Hass Avocado Board). [3] You don’t have to mix or…
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