Category: Food Holidays & More

30 Ideas For Stuffed Portabella Recipes – Portobello Mushrooms

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For something delicious, impressive, healthful (except when loaded with cheese), and easy to make, we love meaty stuffed portabella mushrooms. We have our favorite fall transition recipes, as the lighter foods of summer transition to the heartier autumn and winter recipes. Stuffed portables are so versatile. They can be vegan, vegetarian or stuffed with ground…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Back To Butter, Now OK To Eat

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[1] Butter and lard: out of the shadows and back onto the table (photo courtesy A Canadian Foodie). [2] Butter lovers will enjoy Butter, A Rich History. Also check out Nourishing Fats: Why We Need Animal Fats for Health and Happiness.   If your new year’s resolution includes cutting back on butter, you might re-think…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Mochidoki, Ice Cream-Stuffed Mochi

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Like ice cream? Get ready for a [relatively] new variation: ice cream mochi (MO-chee). Mochidoki is a delightful ice cream treat—a sophisticated re-envisioning of a classic Japanese sweet made from rice dough: a dough of pounded, glutinous (but gluten-free) sweet rice flour that is steamed and kneaded until it becomes delightfully chewy and supple, with…
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FOOD FUN: Blooming Marshmallows For Your Hot Chocolate

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First there was blooming tea: a specially tied bundle of tea leaves and flower petals that opens into a flower when placed in hot water. Now, there’s the blooming marshmallow, from innovative pastry chef Dominique Ansel. Blossoming Hot Chocolate—more accurately, blossoming marshmallow—is a thin marshmallow, cut like a flower, and bunched up to resemble a…
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Egg Nog Recipes For National Egg Nog Day

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National Egg Nog Day is December 24th. But you can enjoy the rich holiday beverage from Thanksgiving through New Year’s. You can also make it a compound noun, eggnog instead of egg nog. While the origins of egg nog are debated, it may have originated from posset, a medieval European beverage made with hot milk…
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