Category: Food Holidays

TIP OF THE DAY: A Cocktail Or Dessert Of Champagne & Sorbet

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Add the right fruit sorbet to the right sparkling wine: delicious! (photo © Domaine Chandon).   September is California Wine Month. The first sustained California vineyard was planted in 1779 by Franciscan missionaries, at Mission San Juan Capistrano (in southern California, halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego). The first documented imported vines (from Europe)…
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Grown-Ups: Have Some Boozy Chocolate Milk For National Chocolate Milk Day

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Updated September 2026 September 27th is National Chocolate Milk Day. Just in case you think it’s kid stuff, we present 13 different liqueurs and spirits you can mix into your chocolate milk. Below: > Liquors for adult chocolate milk. > The history of chocolate milk. > The history of chocolate syrup. > The best chocolate…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Try Different Types Of Potatoes

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It’s National Potato Month. Millennia ago, potatoes grew wild in the foothills of the Andes Mountains of Peru. They were cultivated around 3,000 B.C.E. by the Incas and discovered by Europeans when the Spanish conquistadors reached the shores of Montezuma’s empire (modern-day Mexico) in 1519. Now a staple in many national cuisines, potatoes are the…
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