Category: Food Holidays

TIP OF THE DAY: Use Lemon, Not Salt

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August 29th is National Lemon Juice Day. Sunkist has a recommendation for people who should cut down on their salt intake—and that’s just about all of us. They call it the S’alternative Choice. It’s lemon juice, an excellent substitute for salt. The average American consumes twice the amount of recommended sodium daily. Uh oh. Even…
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Homemade Lollipops For National Lollipop Day

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[1] Your homemade lollipops can be free-form with inclusions, like the bits of flower petals above (photo © Sacred Sweets).   Looking for a fun activity? How about making lollipops? Today is National Lollipop Day July 20th, and Exploratorium has a recipe that lets you be a lollipop chef. You can make favorite flavors that…
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The Classic Daiquiri, History Of The Daiquiri & More Daiquiri Recipes

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[1] No. 2 Daiquirí of the four recipes below. It’s the first variation of the original, created in 1920s Havana (photo © Bacardi Rum). [2] A recent take: the Grapefruit Daiquirí, substituting grapefruit juice for the lime (photo © Ruth’s Chris Steak House). [3] A Hawthorne strainer. This one is from Williams Sonoma.   July…
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Celebrate National Mojito Day With 3 Mojito Recipes

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July 11th is National Mojito Day, and the Hard Rock Cafe is mixing up a storm. They sent us three recipes. The classic Mojito is a blend of white rum, club soda, sugar/simple syrup, lime juice, mint leaves, and ice. To vary the recipe, mixologists switch out the drink’s original muddled mint flavor with coconut,…
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