Uses For Day-Old Croissants & A Hot Fudge Croissant Sundae

[1] Turn yesterday’s croissants into today’s ice cream sundae. Toast them first. Yummy! (photo © California Cherry Board). [2] Croissants just out of the over (photo © Le Marais Bakery | San Francisco).   We just came back from the bakery with a bag of warm, fragrant croissants for breakfast. We know we’ll have leftovers…
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FOOD FUN: Soda, Sangria Style & The History Of Club Soda & Soda Pop

[1] Club soda with a slice of blood orange (photo © Polar Seltzer). [2] A “sangria soda” of Sprite and peaches (photo courtesy Melissa’s). [3] A Victorian soda siphon, called a seltzogene or gasogene (photo Sobebunny | Wikipedia). [4] Bottlers branded their siphons with their names and graphics. Here are more antique soda siphons (photo…
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Cookie Crumble Sundae & More Ice Cream Sundae Recipes

[1] Celebrate National Ice Cream Month with a cookie crumble sundae (photo ©James Beard Foundation). [2] Praline is just one of the exceptional dessert sauces from Somebody’s Mother’s. [3] Vanilla ice cream, brownie crumbs and Baileys Irish Cream (photo © Baileys | Pinterest).   July is National Ice Cream Month, an enticement to explore new…
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