EARTH MONTH: Choosing Sustainable Sushi

It’s Earth Month, leading up to Earth Day on April 22nd. We try to live a sustainable life, and sushi is our favorite food. So we took note when these tips arrived from Genji Sushi’s corporate chef, Takao Iinuma: To determine the most sustainable sushi choices, Chef Iinuma advises, it helps to remember four “S”…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Licorice Day & Licorice History

April 12th is National Licorice Day. We’ll let others debate the merits of Red Vines versus Twizzlers; our heart belongs to Australian licorice, which is spelled liquorice there and in other parts of the former British Empire. In 2011, the last year for which we could find figures, U.S. licorice sales topped $359 million, a…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Caramel Popcorn Day

Popsations’ dark chocolate caramel corn. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   Caramel corn, also called toffee popcorn, is popped corn covered with caramel or molasses. Caramel corn can be drizzled with chocolate or tossed with nuts, like peanuts or almonds. The most famous of these recipes is the classic baseball stadium treat, Cracker…
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