Category: Food Holidays & More

RECIPE: Decorated Macarons

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Almost too pretty to eat (photo © Culinary Vegetable Institute).   Here’s something easy for Mother’s Day (or Valentine’s Day): a dessert or tea snack consisting of a single macaron, beautifully decorated. It’s from the Culinary Vegetable Institute in Ohio, where farmers grow the most glorious produce and chefs create wondrous dishes with it. You…
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GIFT: Cake In A Jar

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When you can’t be there to bake a cake, send a cake in a jar. Jar’d Cake from one of our favorite bakers, Cake Chicago, offers four delicious varieties to send as a Mother’s Day gift, or give as party favors. Everything at Cake Chicago is made from scratch, including the raspberry conserve a nd…
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RECIPE: Mexican / Southwestern Yogurt Parfait With Tortilla Chips

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[1] A savory Mexican (or Tex-Mex) parfait (photo and recipe © Food Should Taste Good). [2] Start with a can of diced, fire-roasted tomatoes (photo © Muir Glen). [3] Tricolor tortilla chips add an extra layer of fun (photo © Abuelita Mexican Foods).   This Southwestern Tomato and Yogurt Parfait is made in trendy glass…
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FOOD FUN & RECIPE: Ice Cream Tacos

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[1] Ice cream tacos: olé! (photo © Taste Of Home). [2] Chocolate shavings for “taco’ garnish (photo © Hebert Candies).   How about ice cream tacos for Cinco de Mayo? You can make them the easy way, with frozen round toaster waffles, or make crunchy pizzelles and fold them into taco-like shells. But we adapted…
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Shrimp Scampi Recipe & History For National Shrimp Scampi Day

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[1] A favorite at Italian restaurants: Shrimp Scampi on a bed of linguine. Here’s the recipe (photo © DeLallo Foods). [2] Shrimp Scampi, in garlic lemon butter (photo © Epicurean Butter, which sells garlic butter ready to use). [3] Authentic Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese from Italy. Parmesan is a version from the U.S. or other country (photo…
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