RECIPES: Gingerbread Latte & Hazelnut Cream Coffee

After Thanksgiving dinner, we served two specialty coffee recipes that were sent to us by Krups, a leader in coffee and espresso makers and other kitchen appliances. Both recipes were hits, and we’ll continue to make them throughout the holiday season. Although guests will appreciate them, you don’t need a special occasion: Make them as…
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NEWS: Dine In A Life-Size Gingerbread House

Inside this life-size gingerbread house: a dining room waiting for you! Photo courtesy The Great Wolf Lodge.   Nibble, nibble little mouse. Who’s that nibbling at my house? You may remember those words from Hansel and Gretel. They also gave birth to the name of THE NIBBLE webzine and blog… Not because there’s a cannibal…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Fast Food Day

Today is National Fast Food Day, a very American holiday. The U.S. has more than 300 fast food chains, representing 40% of the nation’s total restaurant sales. Americans spend more than $110 billion on fast food annually, on cuisine that ranges from barbecue, fried chicken and pizza to Chinese food and Tex-Mex. A fast food…
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COOKING VIDEO: How Is Candy Corn Made

October 30th is National Candy Corn Day. According to the National Confectioners Association, more than 20 million pounds of candy corn are sold during the Halloween season. The iconic Halloween confection was created in the late 1880s by George Roniger of the Wunderlee Candy Company, in Philadelphia. The first three-layer candy, it was made laboriously,…
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Red Candy Apples History & Recipe

[1] Candy apples are a Halloween favorite (photo © Sevenmarie Creative Commons CC-BY-2.0). [2] Add some protein and decoration with chopped nuts or seeds (photo © M. Studio | Fotolia). [3] Instead of hobby store sticks, gather twigs (photo © Foodie Crush | Go Bold With Butter).   Yesterday we published a recipe for caramel…
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