FOOD HOLIDAYS: Sign Up For Our Tweets

The “Tweety Bird” of the 21st century. Image via GraphicAlerts.com. Every day is a different official food holiday. We’ve compiled all the food holidays here, and keep adding to them weekly as we receive notice of new holidays. It’s a great reference article. If you’d like to get the daily food holidays via Twitter, along…
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CONTEST: Be The Jelly Belly “Big Bean”

If you possess a love of Jelly Belly Jelly Beans and “Big Bean” dreams, endless imagination and a thorough understanding of manufacturing, marketing and Research and Development—you could join fourth-generation candy man Herman Rowland Sr. for a day at the helm of Jelly Belly Candy Company. That’s the grand prize in the “Be the Jelly…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Sundae Celebration

Serve your sundae in a cookie cup. Photo by Marcin Bania | IST. November 11th is National Sundae Day, so why not make something special? We’re starting with a S’mores Sundae—chocolate ice cream, marshmallow creme, crumbled graham crackers and chocolate sauce. To celebrate the season, we’re following with a Gingerbread Sundae—cinnamon, ginger and vanilla ice…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Vanilla Cupcake Day

It’s National Vanilla Cupcake Day. Invite friends over tonight for TV and a bake-along. Here’s a recipe for a yummy vanilla cupcake with cream cheese frosting. The name “cupcake” is derived from the teacup. Before the advent of muffin tins, where they are baked with a paper or foil liner, cupcakes were often baked in…
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GOURMET GIVEAWAY: Oregon Dukkah

Imagine being able to use the same seasoning to garnish your soup, sprinkle atop salads or vegetables, bread chicken and fish or shake over ice cream. Well, look no further than this week’s Gourmet Giveaway prize: Oregon Dukkah. Dukkah is a versatile Egyptian dry seasoning mixture of chopped nuts or chickpeas, plus a variety of…
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