Category: Food Facts – Food History

TIP OF THE DAY: Make Some Pigs In Blankets

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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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Try Some Chocolate Dragées, A.K.A. Panned Confections

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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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Recipe: Turn Espresso Into Affogato & The History Of Affogato

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[1] Affogato: an Italian sundae (photo © Tony Liao | Unsplash). [2] A coupe glass (photo #1) is nice, but most people use a rocks glass (photo © Williams Sonoma). [3] After the first ball of ice cream melted, a fresh scoop was plopped on top.   When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When…
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Make Your Own Curry Powder & Chile Oil & The History Of Curry

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[1] Homemade curry powder (photo © Savory Spice Shop | Facebook). [2] Coconut chicken curry with basmati saffron rice (photo © Cafe Spice). [3] Fish curry (photo © Sun Basket). [4] Keema curry, an Indian curry made of ground meat and minced vegetables (photo © Hannah Kaminsky | Bittersweet Blog). [5] Goat curry (photo ©…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Cordon Bleu Day & Cordon Bleu Chicken Recipe

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April 4th is National Cordon Bleu Day.     THE HISTORY OF CORDON BLEU Le Cordon Bleu (French for “The Blue Ribbon”) is the world’s largest school for hospitality education, for both cooks, service and management personnel. Originating in France, it now has 35 schools on five continents. The inspiration for the school began in…
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