What Is Albariño, For International Albariño Day

[1] Uncork a bottle of Albariño, a perfect summer one (photo © Foods & Wines From Spain | Facebook). [2] Albariño is straw gold in color (photos #2 and #5 © Rías Baixas Wines | Facebook). [3] Pouring a glass of Alvarinho from the Ribiero region of Portugal. Here’s more about it (photo © Follow…
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Homemade Lollipops Recipe For National Lollipop Day

July 20th is National Lollipop Day. It’s easy to make lollipops at home if you have candy molds and sticks. The molds are inexpensive, and the same molds can be used for chocolate. Then, just mix corn syrup, sugar, flavor and color and you’ve got pops. Molds are available with swirly designs, flower, stars, hearts,…
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It’s National Sour Candy Day: What’s Your Favorite Sour Candy?

[1] Sour balls: the original sour candy (photo © Tootsie Roll Inc.). [2] Lemon Heads, a candy to pucker for (photo © Hampton Popcorn Company). [3] Sour Patch Kids combined sour with chewy (photo © Edelweiss). [4] Sour Belts in the rainbow flavor (photo © First Choice Candy Store).   THE HISTORY OF SOUR CANDY…
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Baked French Fries Recipe, a.k.a. Oven Fries (It’s National French Fry Day!)

What’s for dinner on July 13th, National French Fry Day? How about baked French fries—no need to deep-fat fry (which is our least favorite kitchen task). Fried potatoes have been around for thousands of years, since the ancestors of today’s Peruvians cooked wild potatoes over fire in oil. But what Americans call French fries began…
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Pound of Ground Crumbles Make Cooking Dinner A Cinch

Forgot to buy the beef? No problem. Forgot to thaw the meat? No problem. Only need a small amount? No problem. Pound Of Ground Crumbles® is here to solve the dinner dilemma. No worries! Pound of Ground was created by a working mom to help ease the dinner dilemmas of moms everywhere. Pound of Ground…
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