Category: Food Facts – Food History

A Recipe For Lemon Chiffon Cake Day With Candied Lemon Peel

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March 29th is National Lemon Chiffon Cake Day. A recipe that isn’t seen much anymore, it was a favorite of our mother’s. She baked them in a tube pan and garnished the light, lemony slices with sliced strawberries and whipped cream. We prefer the lemon glaze and candied lemon peel in the recipe below. Below:…
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RECIPE: Flavorful Tofu Salad Dressing With Salsa Verde

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[1] Tofu salsa verde makes a delicious salad dressing and all-around condiment (photo © House Foods). [2] Cubes of fresh tofu (photo © Kamala Bright | Unsplash). [3] Salsa verde (Gemini Photo). [4] Parsley is the base for Old World, or European, salsa verde. Mexican salsa verde, made with tomatillos and chiles, is a culinary…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Bake A Savory Pie For National “Pi” Day

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Make this delicious beef pot pie. Photo and recipe courtesy BettyCrocker.com.   Remember your high school math: Pi (3.14159) is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Math geeks have declared 3.14 (March 14th) Pi Day. But we’re adopting it as “Pie Day”; and why not, since a pie is a circle, and…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: Make Peanut Clusters For National Peanut Cluster Day

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March 8th is National Peanut Cluster Day. There is no documentation on the first appearance of the peanut cluster, but we know a few things, and below the peanut cluster history is an easy recipe to make your own. You’ll be delighted to bite into one with a cup of coffee, bring some as a…
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