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May 9th is National Moscato Day. Nearly two thousand years ago, the Roman author Pliny the Elder (23 C.E. – 79 C.E.) wrote in his Natural History: “The Muscat grape has been grown for a long time in Beaumes [in France] and its wine is remarkable.” Call it Muscat in French or Moscato in Italian:…
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May 5th is National Hoagie Day. November 4th is National Submarine Sandwich Day. And someone decided that we needed a National Eat A Hoagie Day on September 14th and Submarine-Hoagie-Grinder Day on October 9th. These sandwiches are fraternal triplets. The names were different depending on their origins, but all were initially hearty sandwiches of meat…
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[1] A tall, cold michelada is begging for your attention on Cinco de Mayo (photo courtesy Bohemia Beer). [2] A chelada cup (photo courtesy Clamato). July 12th is National Michelada Day. If you like beer and tabasco, it’s a drink you should try. A michelada (mee-cha-LAH-da) is a traditional Mexican beer cocktail (“cerveza preparada,”…
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It’s time to celebrate National Pigs In Blankets Day, April 24th. Ask for some pigs in blankets in the U.K., and you’ll get a cocktail sausage wrapped in bacon (more like a pig in a pig, we think). At IHOP, the International House Of Pancakes, you can chow down on pork sausage links rolled in…
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The original dragées* (drah-ZHAY) are sugar-coated almonds. Technically, the nuts are encapsulated in a hard-shell coating. English speakers call them Jordan almonds—not because they’re from Jordan (they’re from Spain). It’s a corruption of the French word for garden, jardin, which refers to the large variety of almonds). The almonds can also have a chocolate coating…
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