Category: Food Holidays

RECIPE: Raspberry Cream Pie Or Tart

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August 1st is National Raspberry Cream Pie Day. We’d never had a raspberry cream pie, so we whipped one up…and we decided to use a buttery tart crust, which we far prefer to pie crust for its cookie-like flavor and texture. It’s personal taste, but try it. The Food Holiday Gods won’t be upset that…
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Food On A Stick: Kobe Beef Lollipops & Chicken Lollipops

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[1] Not another pig-in-a-blanket: Kobe/wagyu beef hot dog lollipops (photos #1 and #5 © Elegant Affairs Caterers). [2] Puff pastry is a great asset if you want to turn out elegant appetizers and desserts (photo © Our Harvest). [3] “American Kobe, a.k.a. wagyu beef hot dogs from Snake River Farms (photo © Snake River Farms).…
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Ice Cream Cupcakes & More For National Spumoni Day

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[1] Spumoni, an ice cream treat for the eye and the palate (photo © Lezza). [2] Spumoni Baked Alaska. Just use the conventional spumoni flavors in any Baked Alaska recipe. Here’s the recipe for this one (photo © Taste Of Home). [3] For an easy spumoni ice cream cake, layer the flavors in a loaf…
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Gummy Recipes For National Gummy Worms Day

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[1] Gummy worms, invented by Trolli, are now made by a variety of producers (photo © Black Forest | Amazon). [2] Not just kid stiff: a sophisticated sundae. Here’s the recipe (photo © Infinite Taste). [3] What’s more fun than a blue frozen drink? One garnished with gummies! Here’s the recipe (photo © My Incredible…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Olive Oil Ice Cream

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Olive oil ice cream (photo © Funkybg | Dreamstime).   Ice cream is our favorite food, so we look for special ways to celebrate in July, National Ice Cream Month. A delicious olive oil ice cream recipe (you heard that right!) is below. But first, we treated ourselves to three pints of Jeni’s Splendid Ice…
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