Category: Food Holidays & More

Calvados, The Finest Apple Brandy From France

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From the orchards of Normandy, France comes Calvados, at its simplest an apple brandy. But it is the best apple brandy (or more precisely eau-de-vie*) in the world. Once fer­men­ted, apple juice becomes cider, and, once dis­tilled, the cider becomes a cider eau-de-vie. The cider that begins thew process is pressed from specially grown cider…
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Sfoglini Pasta, Premium Artisan Pasta From The Hudson Valley

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  With National Pasta Day on October 17th, our Top Pick Of The Week is Sfoglini Pasta, a brand of fine artisan pasta that’s Italian in heritage but all-American, made in the Hudson Valley of New York State with the finest organic golden semolina* and three specialty grains from North American farms: einkorn, hemp, and…
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Food Fun: A Chocolate Milkshake Recipe For Halloween

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[1] A fun milkshake for Halloween (photo © Half & Half Magazine). [2] Use your favorite vanilla ice cream (photo © Talenti Gelato). [3] Add your favorite chocolate milk (photo © Fairlife). [4] If you haven’t had stroopwafels, thin Dutch cookies with a caramel filling, here’s more about them (photo © 3 Bros Cookies).  …
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Ready Your Forks: There Are 200 Dessert Holidays! Part 2

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[1] National Lemon Meringue Pie Day is August 15th (photo © American Egg Board). [2] National Spumoni Day is August 21st (photo © Lezza). [3] National Cherries Jubilee Day is September 24th. Here’s a recipe (photo © Claire Justine). [4] National Angel Food Cake Day is October 10th (photo © Bhofack2 | Dreamstime). [5] National…
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A Fun Halloween Gift: An Edible Haunted Gingerbread House

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This high-quality gingerbread house is “haunted” for Halloween. Designed exclusively for Mackenzie Ltd., purveyors of fine gourmet foods, this spooky house is 100% edible. Handmade with quality gingerbread, creepy (and tasty) characters decorate the house, along with candy corn, gumdrops, and other treats. Delightful and delicious for kids and adults alike, the gingerbread house gets…
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