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Are you an experimental eater? If so, this tuna tartare topped with wasabi-tobiko and salmon caviars might be just up your alley. Photo by | IST. What type of eater are you? According to a national survey conducted by LivingSocial.com, we’re not the carnivores that we were a generation ago. In those days, before…
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It’s National Potato Month. Millennia ago, potatoes grew wild in the foothills of the Andes Mountains of Peru. They were cultivated around 3,000 B.C.E. by the Incas and discovered by Europeans when the Spanish conquistadors reached the shores of Montezuma’s empire (modern-day Mexico) in 1519. Now a staple in many national cuisines, potatoes are the…
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Celebrate with a chocolate milkshake. Photo courtesy Cherry Marketing Institute. Today we know a “milkshake” as a cold beverage made from milk, ice cream, and often, syrup served in a tall, fluted glass with a straw (the classic milkshake glass is known as a Y glass). Some establishments top the drink with whipped cream…
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Hot cross buns are warm and tempting: Why wait for Easter? Photo © Aimee Herring | Amy’s Bread. Today is National Hot Cross Bun Day. “Hot cross buns,” you think. “Aren’t they for Easter?” This sweet yeast bun, dotted with currants and topped with an icing cross (originally the cross was simply knife cuts…
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Since we spend our days (and nights) tasting artisan food products, we don’t eat many frozen dinners. But in grade school, they were a favorite meal. It was an easy way for our working mother to serve us a dinner of turkey, mashed potatoes and peas—and three slices of apple “cobbler” for dessert. There were…
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