Category: Food Holidays

Rainbow Baby Carrots, 20+ Carrot Recipes & The Carrot Food Holidays

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Baby carrots are hot sellers. But how much hotter can they get than these rainbow baby carrots? Carrots—standard size and baby—are available in six different colors: the familiar deep orange plus burgundy red, deep purple, tangerine (light orange), yellow and white. They’re a delicious way to add color and crunch to appetizers, salads and entrées.…
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TIP: Flavored Water Enhancers For World Water Day

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Don’t buy flavored water: Make your own with this pocket-size squeeze bottle. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   It’s World Water Day, an observance begun in 1993 by a declaration of the United Nations General Assembly, to focus on the challenges of the world’s water supply. On previous World Water Days, we advocated…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: Celebrate With A Spring Cocktail

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Celebrate spring with a springlike cocktail. Photo courtesy Tuaca.   We’re less than 24 hours into spring and contemplating a spring cocktail this evening—to celebrate both the arrival of spring and the end of the work week. The spring equinox occurred yesterday at 12:57 p.m. It begs for a little astronomy lesson about equinoxes and…
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RECIPE: Cookies & Cream Cheesecake

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Some might think that we publish too many cheesecake recipes. But when cheesecake is one’s favorite comfort food, how many are too many? Plus, we need to get our last licks: “Cheesecake season” concludes at the end of spring. The dense cream cheese cheesecake we favor is too heavy for summer. So this may be…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: A Caramel Popcorn Pie For National Pi Day

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Caramel custard popcorn pie with a caramel corn topping. Who can resist? Photo © Hannah Kaminsky | Bittersweet Blog.   March 14 is National Pi Day: 3.14 (get it?). And this is a very special National Pie Day: It’s 3.14. (actually, 3.14159265359, so next year will be the full-on Pi Day, 3.14.15). The next “double…
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