Category: Food Holidays

Cherry Popovers Recipe For National Cherry Popover Day (Raspberry, Too)

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September 1st is National Cherry Popover Day. Popovers have been a family delight, although our mother and grandmother, both excellent bakers, didn’t make them. Instead, the family went for frequent brunches at a restaurant known for its popovers. Alas, the restaurant is gone and our option is to bake our own. Fortunately, it’s pretty easy.…
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All About Cabernet Sauvignon On National Cabernet Sauvignon Day

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International Cabernet Sauvignon Day is held the last Thursday before Labor Day, celebrating a wine that’s one of the world’s most widely recognized red wine grape varieties. “Cab,” for short, is grown in nearly every major wine-producing country. It is the principal grape in most Bordeaux wines, where it is typically blended. Every year on…
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Cookies & Cream Skillet Brownies Recipe For Brownies At Brunch Month

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[1] If you don’t have a skillet, you can use a 10″ cake pan (photo © Wisconsin Cheese). [2] Oreos are the largest brand of chocolate sandwich cookies (photo © Tijtan Adrndarski | Unsplash). [3] Mascarpone originated during the Middle Ages in Lombardy, a region in northern Italy. It has a looser, more velvety texture…
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Tia Maria Cocktail Recipe For National Coffee Month

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[1] Tia Maria Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur (both photos © Tia Maria). [2] Have a refreshing Tia Tonic, and check out these other Tia Maria cocktail recipes.   August is National Coffee Month; National Coffee Day is September 26th, National Iced Coffee Day is May 25th, and International Coffee Day is October 1st. While most…
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Banana Split Ice Pops Recipe For National Banana Split Day

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August 25th is National Banana Split Day, celebrating an iconic sundae invented in 1904 by a 23-year-old apprentice pharmacist in Pennsylvania. In those days, pharmacies contained soda fountains, and it wasn’t unusual for a junior pharmacist to fill in as a soda jerk*. He made the sundae in a long dish called a boat (hence…
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