Category: Food Facts – Food History

TIP OF THE DAY: Try A Different Variety Of Apple For National Apple Week

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Updated August 2026 Apples’ durability is a marvel of nature. Harvested in from July through October, most apples are then put into a controlled climate, awaiting release through the year. That’s why you can purchase numerous types of apples year-round. During the off seasons, you’re actually buying apples that are up to a year old,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: What Is Stracciatella Cheese

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The creamy filling in burrata cheese is called stracciatella (strah-chee-ah-TELL-ah). Stracciatella consists of shreds of fresh mozzarella soaked in sweet cream. Stracciatella is a soft, white, creamy buffalo (or sometimes, cow’s) milk cheese* made with straccia (little shreds) of mozzarella. It may be that most people buy burrata instead of mozzarella for the creamy stracciatella†.…
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RECIPE: Raspberry Frose Summer Cocktail

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THE HISTORY OF FROSÉ A Frosé, a frozen rosé cocktail (more technically, a winetail) can be as simple as a mixture of chilled rosé wine with a scoop of strawberry or lemon sorbet. It’s easy to make at home. You can: MIX different flavors of sorbet. MAKE a Frosé into dessert by adding more sorbet…
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