No-Carb Chicharrones In Fall Flavors From Southern Recipes

It was hard to put down the bag of Apple Cinnamon Chicharrones (a.k.a. fried pork rinds, i.e., fried pork skin with the fat removed*) from Southern Recipes Small Batch. We had to call someone into our office to remove the bag before we polished it off. Chicharrones (chee-cha-ROAN-ace—roll the double “r”) are a popular snack…
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Hotter Than Hell Chocolate Chilies For Halloween & Beyond

[1] Your first challenge: Open the locked box (photos #1 and #2 © M. Cacao). [2] Dare you eat all eight? Or, invite a friend to compete: The box has two of each chile. [3] Dante’s Inferno inspired this collection (photo © CGR Publishing).   “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here,” says M. Cacao…
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Bones Coffee For Halloween Week (& Why Not All Of October?)

We usually get the annual Christmas coffee flavors to spice up the holidays: Barnie’s Santa’s White Christmas, Bones Coffee Company’s Cranberry Creme Brulee, Green Mountain Holiday Blend, Starbucks Christmas Blend, and a host of others. Sometimes there are holiday flavors, sometimes just a special blend of beans. This year we noticed Bones Coffee’s Halloween flavors,…
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