TIP OF THE DAY: Crescent Rings, Savory Or Sweet

People love crescent rings. The taco crescent ring is one of the most popular recipes of all time on Pillsbury.com. Crescent rings, stuffed crescent dough arranged in a circle, can be served: Stuffed with eggs and sausage for breakfast. As a “danish” ring for breakfast and coffee breaks. Instead of sandwiches at lunch. With beer,…
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FOOD FUN: Japanese Bloody Mary

[1] The Hanako San Bloody Mary at Bamboo Sushi in Portland, Oregon. [2] Ready for its close-up.   There are many variations on the Bloody Mary, one of America’s favorite cocktails. This one is from Bamboo Sushi in Portland, Oregon. It’s called Hanako-San, The Bamboo Bloody. While we don’t have the exact recipe, the ingredients…
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FOOD FUN: Meatball Fonduta

[1] Food fun: fonduta and meatballs (photo courtesy Flavor & The Menu). [2] How about a smoked mozzarella fondue? Here’s the recipe from Center Cut Cook. [3] Serve fonduta with classic dippers, with or without the fondue pot (photo courtesy Equatorial Sky | Wikipedia).   Who needs spaghetti or lasagna? This fun dish from Flavor…
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FOOD FUN: PB&J Burger With Ice Cream (Really!)

[1] A PB&J Burger with vanilla ice cream. It’s a popular menu item with both children and adults (photo courtesy Slater’s 50/50).   If you’re a burger person and an adventurous eater, here’s an idea from Slater’s 50/50, a burger gastropub with locations in Southern California, Honolulu, Las Vegas and Dallas. The restaurant is known…
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RECIPE: Butter Pecan Chocolate Fudge For National Pecan Day

April 14th is National Pecan Day. Since we got our taxes in the day before, we treated ourself by making this layered Butter Pecan Chocolate Fudge yesterday. The recipe is below, but first…     THE HISTORY OF PECANS Pecans are the only major tree nut indigenous to America, native to the southeastern United States.…
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