Category: Food Facts – Food History

TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Jafflz Delicious Toasted Pockets

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[1] Ham, Egg & Cheese Jafflz (all photos © Jafflz). [2] Enchilada Jafflz (it’s a chicken enchilada). [3] Mac ‘N’ Cheese and Sloppy Joe Jafflz. [4] Fresh out of the oven on the Jafflz production line.   Jafflz is something special: a light meal or a snack of wonderful texture and flavor. The popular Australian…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Fully Loaded Breakfast Pot Pie

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[1] Breakfast pot pie, with breakfast fillings and a buttermilk biscuit crust (photos #1, #2, #3 copyright Hungry Couple NYC | Idaho Potato Commission). [2] We can’t wait to eat this! [3] Drizzle some honey on the biscuits, breakfast-style. [4] Pass a jar of honey to drizzle over the biscuits (photo © National Honey Board).…
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RECIPE: Chocolate Pecan Turtles For National Pecan Day

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[1] In just 90 minutes, you can turn out two dozen Turtles (recipe and photo © Baker By Nature). [2] John and Kira’s makes “Tortoises”: six maple pecan and six cinnamon cashew in a beautiful gift box. Get them here (photo © John and Kira’s). [3] Milk Chocolate Turtles were made by Edward Marc Chocolatier…
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Beer 101: What Are Hops, For National Beer Day

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Hops are one of the four components of beer, along with malted barley, yeast and water. They are used primarily as bittering, flavoring, and stability agents. In addition to bitterness, they impart floral, fruity, or citrus flavors and aromas, based on the particular strain and the terroir*. Without hops, beer would be a sticky-sweet fermented…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Lemon Curd Recipe & History

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[1] Serve croissants or any bread products with lemon curd—including a raisin bagel (all photos © Bonne Maman). [2] A yogurt parfait with layers of lemon curd. [3] Mini cheesecakes topped with lemon curd. [4] Cake-in-a-jar: Layer strawberry preserves, cake, lemon curd, cake, and lemon curd. [5] Lemon curd is a great cake filling.