Category: Food Holidays & More

FOOD HOLIDAY: Chocolate Milkshake Recipe For National Chocolate Milkshake Day

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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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TIP OF THE DAY: Enjoy Your Favorite Counter-Seasonal Foods

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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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National TV Dinner Day & The History Of TV Dinners

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Since we spend our days (and nights) tasting artisan food products, we don’t eat many frozen dinners. But September 10th is National TV Dinner Day, so it’s time to reflect on a meal format dear to many Baby Boomers, and now lost to changing times. In grade school, they were a favorite meal. It was…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Date Nut Bread Day

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Whew, we got Mom’s date nut bread recipe just in time for National Date Nut Bread Day, September 8th. Imagine a fruit bread loaf packed with healthful chopped dates and walnuts, sliced and spread with cream cheese (O.K., the cream cheese is less healthful). Or update the concept with soft goat cheese, Gorgonzola Dolce (a…
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RECIPE: Chocolate-Drizzle Popcorn

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December 16th is National Chocolate-Covered Anything Day. Here’s a treat few people can resist: chocolate-drizzled (or chocolate-covered, if you prefer) popcorn. Some popcorn companies won’t ship it until October, when the weather cools down. But that’s O.K., because it’s easy to make this chocolate popcorn recipe, using a base of home-popped or store-bought popcorn, in…
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