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Enjoy a glass of Scotch: It’s World Whisky Day. Photo courtesy Chivas Regal. People across the world will raise a dram to Scotland’s national drink on March 27th, thanks to the efforts of a University of Aberdeen Student. Blair Bowman, 21, has established the first ever World Whisky Day. Unlike other drinks such as…
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The gourmet version of Raisinets, from Lake Champlain Chocolates (certified kosher). Today is National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day. In the form of Raisinets, the dried-fruit-in-a-candy-shell is a movie theater staple and the third-largest selling candy in U.S. history. To make the candy, raisins are coated with oil and spun in a hot drum with…
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Our Tip of the Day is to bake oatmeal cookies. That’s because it’s National Oatmeal Cookie Day. While Scotland long had crunchy oatcakes, the pliable oatmeal cookie we’re familiar with was a 19th-century American creation. Jean Anderson, author of The American Century Cookbook: The Most Popular Recipes of the 20th Century, notes: “The first recipe…
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Editor’s Note: We regret that the popovers video with Alton Brown was discontinued by the distributor. We’ve included links to other popover recipes below, plus this elegant blueberry popover recipe from Two Cups Flour (photo #1). March 10th is National Blueberry Popover Day. Here’s a recipe for popovers that can use blueberries, cherries…
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A rainbow of fruits and veggies (photo © Stephanie Suchat). In elementary school, we learned how to remember the order of the colors of the rainbow: ROYGBIV—red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Now, nutritionists advise us to “eat the rainbow.” The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics made this year’s theme “Eat Right…
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