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It’s National Oatmeal Day. The original oatmeal enthusiasts were the Scots, who were eating them many centuries ago when their English neighbors were only growing oats as livestock feed. The groats—the hulled kernels of the cereal—required soaking overnight and cooking for perhaps 30 minutes, so oatmeal was not exactly a convenience breakfast. But modern processing…
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[1] Bite into a bologna sandwich (photo © Francesco DiBartolo | iStock Photo). [2] Mortadella, the Italian progenitor of American bologna (photo © Heritage Foods). [3] You can tell mortadella by the pistachios (photo © Gate 74 | Pixabay). [4] Mortadella on a charcuterie board (photo © Maille Mustard). [5] Top-quality mortadella from Columbus Craft…
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For those too sophisticated for a toffee apple: a toffee apple Martini. Photo courtesy Belvedere. Forget about all those ersatz “witch’s brew,” “black cat” and other Halloween cocktails. Here’s a “real” Halloween cocktail: the Toffee Apple Martini. The recipe was developed by Belvedere Vodka. By the way, today is National Caramel Apple Day, a…
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October 13th is National Yorkshire Pudding Day. Yorkshire Pudding is neither sweet, a dessert, or what Americans think of as pudding. In fact, it’s very much like a popover, an Americanized version of Yorkshire Pudding. (The history of Yorkshire pudding is below.) The difference: Popovers are baked in individual molds (like muffins), usually coated with…
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October is National Fair Trade Month, so today’s tip is to buy something that’s fairly traded. Most people don’t understand Fair Trade. One of the reasons is that, unlike the USDA Certified Organic Seal that appears on all organic product packaging—regardless of the particular certifying agency (there are certifiers in every state)—the different Fair Trade-related…
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