Category: Food Holidays & More

FOOD HOLIDAY: National Iced Tea Day

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Today’s iced teas include herbal varieties like this hibiscus Superflower Tea from RepublicOfTea.com. June 10th is National Iced Tea Day. Bottled tea is the best-selling form of tea in the U.S. About 85% of the tea sold here is bottled, intended to be served cold. Most of it is sweetened. While iced tea is not…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Herbs & Spices Day

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Today is Herbs & Spices Day, the day to expand your repertoire beyond the familiar garlic, oregano and paprika. • Check out the fresh herbs in the produce section of your market, and make dinner tonight with something new. You can season dishes or snip herbs into your salad. • Browse the spice racks and…
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RECIPE: Have A Cow—A Black Cow (a.k.a. Root Beer Float)

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[1] How now, Black Cow? Make one and find out (photo by ShagPhoto | IST). [2] Prefer a Brown Cow? Substitute Coke for the root beer. Here’s the recipe from Smucker’s. [3] Add a splash of Bourbon for a grown-up root beer float (photo © Bibb & Tucker). [4] Vanilla vodka or liqueur also works.…
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FATHER’S DAY & GOURMET GIVEAWAY: A Box Of Swirly Buns

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As we write this, we’re enjoying our fifth flavor of swirly buns from Just Buns, a homey family business that aims to provide Americans with a better breakfast pastry (using Mama’s decades-old swirly bun recipe). Send a box of the handmade, all-natural buns as a gift. Unlike the ginormous Cinnabon, here’s a more elegant bun…
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