Category: Food Facts – Food History

Mother Sauces: Secondary Sauces Part 2b: Mornay Sauce & Sauce Suprême

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Become a sauce master: Here’s Part 2 of chef Johnny Gnall’s tutorial on the secondary sauces, featuring Mornay Sauce and Sauce Suprême. Start at the beginning of the article with: Part 1: The Five Mother Sauces Part 2a: Secondary Sauces, Creole & Suprême     BÉCHAMEL SAUCE BECOMES MORNAY SAUCE It’s easy to make a…
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Jalapeño Poppers: Recipes For Cinco De Mayo & Anytime

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[1] Spicy, creamy, and crunchy Jalapeño Poppers. Here’s the recipe (photo © Ricardo Cuisine). [2] Jalitos from Leon’s Texas Cuisine, the first commercially-sold Popper-style food (photo © Leon’s Texas Cuisine | Facebook). [3] The first product to be called Jalapeño Poppers were a frozen product from Anchor Foods (photos #3 and #7 © Anchor Foods…
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY RECIPE: Guinness-Marinated Corned Beef & Cabbage

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There are numerous food approaches to St. Patrick’s Day beyond a plate of corned beef and cabbage and a beer or two. From now through St. Patrick’s Day, March 17th, we’ll present a daily recipe. We’re starting out with that corned beef and cabbage, but this one has a holiday twist: a Guinness marinade and…
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VALENTINE’S DAY: Chocolate ‘Gingerbread’ Man Or Girl

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  [1] He’s just a hunk, a hunk of chocolate love (photo © Choclatique. [2] Or bake and decorate your own. You can dip them in chocolate instead of the fancy icing (photo © Taste of Home) [3] St. Valentine—Valentinus in Latin (photo © Communio).   For the Valentine whose heart desires two-and-one-half pounds of…
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RECIPES: Pork Fajitas With Apple Salsa & National Fajita Day

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[1] Pork fajitas with homemade apple salsa (photo and recipe © U.S. Apple Association). [2] Fajitas are typically made in a skillet, but there’s a sheet pan recipe under the next photo (photo © Good Eggs). [3] Shrimp fajitas, made on a sheet pan. Here’s the recipe from Le Creme de la Crumb (photo ©…
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