Category: Entertaining

National Trail Mix Day & A Custom Trail Mix Recipe

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Updated August 2026 August 31st is National Trail Mix Day. Why not make your own blend with the options below? We have a “signature mix” that people like so much, they request it as hostess gifts instead of another bottle of wine. Below: > What is trail mix? > The history of trail mix. >…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Gourmet Hot Dog Recipes For Labor Day

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A hot dog Boston-style, topped with baked beans, crumbled bacon and chopped red onion. Photo courtesy Applegate.   If you didn’t whip up some gourmet hot dogs on July 23rd, National Hot Dog Day, Labor Day Weekend is another opportunity to strut your hot dog stuff. In case you’re thinking chili cheese dogs, corn dogs…
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PRODUCT: Shandy ~ Half Beer, Half Lemonade

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Strawberry shandy. Photo courtesy Traveler Beer Company.   Shandy, short for shandygaff (no one knows the origin of the word), is beer diluted with a non-alcoholic beverage. It’s a traditional British pub drink that mixes lager with lemon soda, ginger ale or ginger beer. Carbonated lemonade, cider or other citrus-flavored soda can be used. Whatever…
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