Category: Food Holidays

It’s National Hand Roll Day. Who Invented The Hand Roll?

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  [1] Maguro uzura no tamago temaki, or maguro uzura for short. Maguro means tuna, uzura means quail, and tamago means egg. Maki means roll, te means hand roll; thus, temaki (photo © Jungsik). [2] Salmon cucumber is a popular temaki. Avocado is often substituted for the cucumber (photos #2, #3, and #4 © Maki…
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How About These Creative Ice Cream Flavors? Mackerel, Anyone?

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July 1st is National Creative Ice Cream Day—and all of July is National Ice Cream Month. That’s plenty of time to try new flavors. In the U.S., artisan glaciers (French) or gelatieri (Italian, singular gelataio), like to offer their customers rotating new and different options. Avocado, blue cheese, corn, booze/wine ice creams and sorbets, goat…
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It’s Time To Celebrate…Two Totally Unrelated Food Holidays

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  [1] The original Bomb Pop (photos #1, #2, #3, #4, and #10 © Bomb Pop | Blue Bunny). [2] Banana Fudge Bomb Pops. [3] Nerds-flavored Bomb Pops. [4] Bomb Pop Extremes are super-sour. [5] The back of the chuck wagon folded down to create a workspace with cabinets of utensils and ingredients (photos #6,…
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The Top 10 Fish & Seafood In The U.S. What’s Your Favorite?

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Today is National Catfish Day which got us to thinking: What are the most popular fish in the U.S. According to the latest data from the National Fisheries Institute (NFI) and the NOAA Fisheries (based on per capita consumption in the U.S.), here are the Top 10 most popular seafood species consumed in the U.S.…
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Turn Iced Coffee Into A Cocktail For National Iced Coffee Day

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While Americans are known to drink iced coffee on the coldest days of the year, June 20th is National Iced Coffee Day. We have three special recipe for you that add nocino (walnut liqueur) to either iced or hot coffee. Nocino (no-CHEE-no) is a nutty, sweet liqueur that is made from black walnuts that are…
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