VIEWPOINT: Change Your Diet For Earth Day

Save yourself and save the planet: Be sure meat comprises no more than 1/3 of your dish, with 2/3 vegetables. Photo courtesy National Pork Board. Thursday is Earth Day, and experts at the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) say one way you can help the planet is by taking a good look at what’s…
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GOURMET GIVEAWAY: Mama’s Goodies

Several mouth-watering flavors of Mama’s Goodies. Photo by Hannah Kaminsky | THE NIBBLE. Mom deserves some goodies on Mother’s Day, so share these if you win this week’s Gourmet Giveaway prize of Mama’s Goodies Butter Nut Crunch. The winner will receive five boxes—one of each flavor—which is enough to give some to mom while still…
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PRODUCT: Pepperidge Farm Vanilla Grahams Goldfish For National Animal Crackers Day

April 18th is National Animal Crackers Day.   THE HISTORY OF ANIMAL CRACKERS Animal crackers originated in England in the late 1800s, as animal biscuits. When, in 1889, P.T. Barnum decided to tour England with his circus, several manufacturers took advantage of a marketing opportunity and called the biscuits “Barnum’s.” The animal biscuits were exported…
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RECIPE: Eggs Benedict & Eggs Benedict History

April 16th is National Eggs Benedict Day. Credit for this recipe is given to Chef Charles Ranhofer of Delmonico’s Restaurant in New York City—which also happened to be the first restaurant opened in the U.S., starting with a small pastry café in 1827 and expanding into a restaurant two years later. At that time there…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Multi-Tasking Parmigiano

Checking the quality of an aging wheel of Parmigiano-Reggiano (photo © Parmigiano-Reggiano Consorzio).   October 27th is National Parmigiano-Reggiano Day. Parmigiano-Reggiano is more than a great cheese for pasta, pesto, risotto and Alfredo sauce. Shave it onto salads, eggs and sandwiches. Add it to cheese plates. Enjoy it with a glass of hearty red wine.…
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