GOURMET GIVEAWAY: Win A Heinz 57 Picnic Basket

We really need your opinion on the design of our new e-commerce website. Our friends at Heinz have donated two picnic baskets to entice you to complete the two-minute survey: a classic picnic basket filled with bottles of tangy Heinz 57 Sauce with a special 100th anniversary label, plus: A checkered tablecloth to set the…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: Celebrate National Peach Month With Fresh Peach Recipes

Each week for the past five weeks, we’ve been buying a box of peaches from Trader Joe’s. Sweet and juicy, they are grown by farmers who should take pride in producing such nice peaches. August is National Peach Month. Brush up on your peach facts and trivia: Peaches originated in China, traveled west over the…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Watermelon Juice

Make your own watermelon juice. Photo by Hyhoon1210 | Dreamstime.   Have you ever had watermelon juice? It’s delicious. We used to buy Sundia watermelon juice, but we can’t find it anymore. Now we make our own. You can turn it into a family project by getting the kids to remove all the seeds. And…
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What Is Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day

This one’s a bit quirky. Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day is a “food holiday” for which one purchases cheese and “sacrifices” it to a mouse trap, in order to rid one’s home of mice. It sounds like a 19th-century British holiday to us, but we can’t find any knowledgeable references—just greeting cards to mark the occasion…
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RECIPE: Make A Coffee Milkshake For National Coffee Milkshake Day

July 26th is National Coffee Milkshake Day. We love coffee ice cream, but we never buy it. That’s because flavors we like even more beckon from the freezer case. But today, we’re making a coffee or espresso milkshake to celebrate. You can be creative about it: In addition to coffee ice cream, Starbucks sells pints…
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