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We’ve already done a turn on the the history of peanut butter. Today it’s the history of jam and jelly. Before we start on its history, check out the different types of fruit spreads: not just jam, jelly, and preserves, but chutney, conserve, curd, fruit butter, and marmalade. The history of jam and preserves begins…
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[1] A different kind of peanut butter and jelly sandwich (photo © Cait’s Plate). [2] You can also celebrate with peanut butter and jelly thumbprint cookies. Here’s the recipe (photo © Chef de Home). [3] Don’t want waffles? Here’s a special way to celebrate with a sandwich (photo © Jif). April 2nd is National…
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Why do we eat ham at Easter? The answer is below. But eat we do! Smithfield sent THE NIBBLE its latest flavor, Smokehouse Reserve Baked Apple Spiced Spiral Sliced Ham (the flavor refers to the glaze packets that are included. Weighing in at more than five pounds, we served it last night at our monthly…
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Our job includes a lot of research, which often turns up surprising things. One of this is piñata cake, a concept that originated in the U.K. and is also popular in Australia. We also found it in Germany, called surprise cake. You don’t hit a piñata cake with a stick. It’s when you cut into…
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For National Black Forest Cake Day, March 28th, we deconstructed the Black Forest Cake (photo #1), inspired by the dessert (photo #2) at Compère Lapin in New Orleans. We had so much fun with it, that today’s tip is: Deconstruct one of your favorite recipes. Here’s what we did with Black Forest Cake, but you…
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