Cookie Crumble Sundae & More Ice Cream Sundae Recipes

[1] Celebrate National Ice Cream Month with a cookie crumble sundae (photo ©James Beard Foundation). [2] Praline is just one of the exceptional dessert sauces from Somebody’s Mother’s. [3] Vanilla ice cream, brownie crumbs and Baileys Irish Cream (photo © Baileys | Pinterest).   July is National Ice Cream Month, an enticement to explore new…
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Oven Fried Chicken With Corn Flakes Recipe & Corn Flakes History

Photo courtesy Cereal Lovers Cookbook.   July 6th is National Fried Chicken Day. Our favorite fried chicken recipe is breaded with Corn Flakes. We usually make this skillet fried chicken recipe, but here’s a “bake fry” recipe. Of course, it’s breaded with Corn Flakes crumbs. Not only is the texture superior to flour, but the…
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RECIPE: Blueberry Mango Chile Smoothie

July is National Blueberry Month and today is Smoothie Saturday. The U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council recommends with this great-looking Blueberry Mango Chile Smoothie, a layered smoothie with a capsaicin kick. There’s another smoothie holiday, too: October 3rd, Global Smoothie Day. All the world loves a smoothie!     RECIPE: BLUEBERRY MANGO CHILE SMOOTHIE Ingredients For…
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TIP OF THE DAY: The History Of Independence Day (& What They Ate)

THE HISTORY OF INDEPENDENCE DAY A federal holiday, Independence Day—also known as July 4th or the Fourth of July—commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress, which met in Carpenter’s Hall in Philadelphia. The legal separation of the Colonies from Great Britain occurred on July 2, 1776, the day that the…
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RECIPE: Gingersnap Whoopie Pies

Today is National Gingersnap Day. Treat everyone to some homemade gingersnap whoopie pies. Crunchy gingersnaps are descendants of Lebkuchen, soft spice cookies that were probably created by Medieval monks in Franconia, Germany (the earliest written records are from 1296). The history of whoopie pies, an American creation, is much more recent—1926! The ginger snaps themselves…
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