Category: Food Holidays

TODAY IN FOOD: It’s Surf & Turf Day

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The classic Surf and Turf is a lobster tail and a filet mignon. Photo courtesy MackenzieLtd.com.   Now, we must ask: Why would anyone make Surf &Turf Day fall on February 29th? Should we celebrate this tasty holiday only once every four years? Perhaps it’s put on Leap Day because of its ostentatiousness—it is, after…
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It’s National Tortilla Chip Day: History Of Tortilla Chips & Recipes

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[1] Tortilla chips are made with yellow, white and blue corn. Riding the whole grain nutrition wave, they’re also made in multigrain blends (photo © Garden of Eatin’). [2] Two favorite dips: guacamole and pico de gallo salsa (photo © Good Eggs). [3] “Liberty chips” blend red, white and blue tortilla chips (photo © Nature’s…
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TODAY IN FOOD: It’s National Banana Bread Day

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To celebrate National Banana Bread Day, we offer you two recipes:- Peanut Butter Banana Bread from our friends at P.B. Loco – Chocolate Chip Banana Bread from acclaimed pastry chef Pichet Ong, formerly of the Jean Georges Vongerichten empire and now proprietor of P*ONG in New York CityThe one tip we can give when making…
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TODAY IN FOOD: It’s National Sticky Bun Day

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Be precise: Sticky buns have a sticky top, iced cinnamon rolls aren’t sticky buns. Photo courtesy Wolferman’s.   Some people would like to celebrate National Sticky Bun Day, February 21st, every day. Sticky buns, a breakfast pastry for the sweet-toothed, are also known as a honey buns, and are closely related to cinnamon buns, cinnamon…
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