Category: Food Facts – Food History

Easy Shortcake Recipe, With Any Fruit You Like

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[1] Easy peach shortcake: Slice the fruit, top a biscuit half with it and add whipped cream (photo © Kraft). [2] Americans are more familiar with the French-style génoise (zhen-WOZ), a strawberry shortcake that’s a sponge layer cake with whipped cream. Here’s the recipe for this cake (photo © Fun Cooking).   Sweet summer berries…
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PRODUCT: Pamela’s Figgies & Jammies Are Better Than Fig Newtons

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It you like Fig Newtons—or wish you liked them more—there’s a better “Newton” in town. (The history of Fig Newtons and more Newton content follows below. It’s called Figgies & Jammies and the cookies are from Pamela’s Products, maker of delicious gluten-free cookies, bars and mixes. The flavors include: Mission Fig Blueberry & Fig Raspberry…
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FOOD HOLIDAY RECIPE: Ceviche-Stuffed Avocado

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June 28th is National Ceviche Day, honoring one of our favorite foods. If you’re a sashimi lover and haven’t tried ceviche, today’s the day. Another reason to eat lots of ceviche: It’s a low calorie, good-for you lunch or first course. And it’s been nourishing man since ancient times. The recipe for avocado stuffed with…
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Pork Belly Lettuce Wraps Recipe For National Pork Belly Day

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[1] Pork belly lettuce wraps: a real treat (photo © Sushi Samba). [2] A slab of uncooked pork belly (phoco © The Country Victualler). [3] Hearts of palm, a.k.a. palmito (photo © Trikaya). [4] Butterhead lettuce, a category that includes Bibb and Boston. Here are the different types of Butterhead lettuce (photo © Good Eggs).…
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Ponzu Sauce: Uses, History, & A Recipe To Make Your Own

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Ponzu sauce (photo © Fotoos Van Robin | Flickriver). [1] . [2] Shrimp tempura with ponzu sauce (photo © Mackenzie Ltd). [3] Yakami Orchard makes very high quality “original” (clear) ponzu. Nicely packaged, it makes a fine gift for a good cook. You can find it online (photo © Yakami Orchard). [4] We enjoy dumplings…
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