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Onion rings with horseradish-dill sauce instead of ketchup. Photo courtesy QVC. Try something different for National Onion Rings Day, June 23rd. The standard condiment is ketchup, beer-battered onion rings are delicious with a horseradish dipping sauce. Here’s a recipe from QVC’s chef David Venable. It even bows to tradition by including some ketchup! What…
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Today is the first day of summer. When we think of summer, we think of lavender. Lavender is a flowering plant, a genus of 39 species that originated in the Mediterranean, northern and eastern Africa and southwest Asia, including India. The most widely cultivated species is English lavender, Lavandula angustifolia. Though not native to England…
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Today is National Dry Martini Day (some say it’s World Martini Day—perhaps the international celebration). We’re having a very dry Martini—just a splash of vermouth—with Pinnacle’s cucumber vodka. If you like cucumber, this article explores other ways to enjoy it. But first: A Cucumber Martini recipe (along with a Cucumber Mary recipe). The history of…
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June 18th is International Sushi Day, and that gives us an idea for a Father’s Day gift (as well as for lunch). If Dad likes sushi, how about a set of sushi knives for Father’s Day…and a copy of Sushi: The Beginner’s Guide? Sushi chefs use different knives, and some are quite specialized: Deba bocho,…
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May is National Coffee Cake Month, April 7th is National Coffee Day. Those are two reasons why a coffee cake lover should consider baking a coffee cake. Many of us would love a delicious piece of coffee cake with our morning coffee. But finding a really delicious one is getting harder and harder. If you…
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