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He’s just a hunk, a hunk of chocolate love (photo © Choclatique. For the Valentine whose heart desires two-and-one-half pounds of solid milk chocolate, the creative chocolatiers at Choclatique suggest Chocolate Man (in photo) or Chocolate Girl (she has long eyelashes and a hair bow). There’s no gingerbread—just 100% chocolate (plus decorations). Each Chocolate…
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Spicy Thai chicken wings (photo © Spice Market Restaurants). According to the National Chicken Council’s 2012 Wing Report, more than 1.25 billion wing portions will be consumed during Super Bowl weekend. Updated 2020: The National Chicken Council’s Annual Chicken Wing Report projects a record-breaking 1.4 billion chicken wings during Super Bowl LIV weekend. That’s…
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[1] Pork fajitas with homemade apple salsa (photo and recipe © U.S. Apple Association). [2] Fajitas are typically made in a skillet, but there’s a sheet pan recipe under the next photo (photo © Good Eggs). [3] Shrimp fajitas, made on a sheet pan. Here’s the recipe from Le Creme de la Crumb (photo ©…
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Bánh-mi, a Vietnamese submarine sandwich on a baguette. Photo © Ppy2010ha | Dreamstime. A BRIEF HISTORY OF BANH MI SANDWICHES When Europeans colonized Asia, they brought Western bread to the table. In French Indochina, Vietnam, that emblem of French cuisine, the baguette, was introduced; as were sandwiches. Baguette-based sandwiches were called bánh mì (pronounced…
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This week we received an email from a reader asking what happened to Bibi Caffe, a line of elegant, imported Italian sodas we reviewed in 2007. She wanted to know why the line was no longer sold in the USA, and asked if there was “any way to get it at all?” If “at all”…
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