Easy Homemade Gum Drops Recipe For National Gum Drop Day

February 15th is National Gum Drop Day—as if the day after Valentine’s Day needed more candy! However, here’s an easy gum drops recipe that you can make for fun, and for later. Just store them in the fridge. Gum drops are an American invention, although we don’t know exactly whom to thank. Here’s the history…
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FOOD FUN: Pancake Spaghetti For National Spaghetti Day

Here’s some fun for National Spaghetti Day, January 4th: pancake spaghetti. A trend that started on Tik-Tok, pancake spaghetti is thin strips of pancake batter made in the thickness of spaghetti. Once the strips are cooked all the way through on a griddle, you put them in a bowl and “sauce” them with your syrup…
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FOOD FUN: Ice Cream Wreath, An Easy To Make Christmas Dessert

[1] A Christmas wreath of ice cream and fruit (photo © Tillamook County Creamery Association | Facebook). [2] Kadota figs. Any figs work here, all have reddish interiors. But green-skinned figs add more external color than darker hues (photo © California Figs). [3] Raspberries dot the wreath with color (photo © Driscoll’s Berries).   This…
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Cheetos Duster: A Gift For The Die-Hard Cheetos Fan

The Cheetos Duster is a gift for the die-hard Cheetos Fan. The snack brand is causing mischief in the kitchen with its first-ever cooking gadget. What is the Cheetos Duster? It spreads Cheetle, the orange dust from Cheetos, to elevate your dishes to epic proportions. From mac and cheese to salads to fries and beyond,…
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Special For Thanksgiving: Pecan Pie & Pecan Pie Pizza!

[1] The pecan pie pizza and, in the upper left corner, the pecan pie (both photos © American Pecan Council). [2] Close-up on the pecan pizza—so much more nutritious than pepperoni!.   When we were offered the opportunity to sample a Pecan Pie Pizza…well, of course! Introducing the first-ever Pecan PIZZA Pie (at least, it’s…
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