Category: Food Facts – Food History

RECIPE: Carrot Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

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[1] and [2] Mini carrot cupcakes are a lighter version of dense carrot cake. Here’s the recipe (photos © Kraft). [2] These carrot cupcakes have a pinch of ginger and spiced cream cheese frosting. Here’s the recipe. [3] Shred extra carrots and add them to a salad (photo © Stylepresso). [4] Lactose intolerant? Use Green…
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Overnight Breakfast & Brunch Casseroles: Cinnamon Buns & Blueberry Muffins

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February 21st is National Sticky Bun Day. Sticky buns and cinnamon rolls were the biggest treat of our childhood breakfasts: Better than waffles or pancakes. The Horn & Hardart Automat, Americas’s first fast food chain, had such popular items that customers clamored to take them home. They set up a retail arm to package and…
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An Old Fashioned Sponge (Honeycomb) Candy Recipe, For Passover & Anytime

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How about an old-fashioned sponge candy recipe? It has that “honeycomb crunch” and can be made for Passover. A recipe is below, thanks to our colleague Hannah Kaminsky of Bittersweet Blog. She wondered about the old-fashioned confection variously known as: Angel food candy (Wisconsin) Cinder toffee (Canada and U.K.) Dalgona (South Korea) Fairy food candy…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Gourmet Burritos & Burrito History

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The first Thursday of April National Burrito Day. You don’t have to twist most arms to enjoy one. THE NIBBLE is having a lunch of gourmet burritos. We share the ingredients below, but first, a bit of…     BURRITO HISTORY A step back in history: In 1519 the Spanish conquistadors arrived in what today…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Jeff’s Famous Jerky

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We’ve had Top Pick jerkys before, but they are few and far between. Even small-batch artisan brands can be too tough for us, and/or leave remnants of gristle. Not so with Jeff’s Famous Jerky. Each variety we tried was melt-in-your-mouth tender, with exquisite flavor. When you can say jerky has exquisite flavor, you know you’ve…
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