Category: Food Holidays & More

Lambrusco, A Fizzy Italian Red In Both Dry & Off-Dry Styles

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[1] Pouring a glass of Lambrusco from a conventional bottle (photo © CC Food Travel | Wikipedia). [2] The award winner: turn this bottle-decanter combo on its side, and it turns into a long-neck decanter that oxygenates the wine (photo © Cantine Ceci). [3] This square-sided bottle was introduced by the same company, but while…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Paella Day

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Paella mixta, one of the three most popular types of paella. Photo by Monkey Business | Dreamstime..   Paella is one of the world’s great rice dishes. It was first created in Valencia, a region on the East coast of Spain, and was originally cooked over a fire in the fields as a communal lunch…
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GOURMET GIVEAWAY: Tim Tam Cookies

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These cookies are like potato chips—we bet you can’t eat just one! Photo by Hannah Kaminsky | THE NIBBLE. If you don’t get your hands on some Pepperidge Farm Tim Tam Cookies this month, you’ll have to wait six months until Target stores start stocking them again (when they can be shipped from Australia—where they…
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GOURMET GIVEAWAY: Fancypants Bakery Cookies

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The bunnies, carrots and chicks are almost too cute to eat. Photo courtesy Fancypants Bakery. The Easter Bunny will be hopping down the bunny trail in less than three weeks. To prepare for his arrival, enter to win a gift box of gourmet cookies from this week’s Gourmet Giveaway sponsor: Fancypants Bakery. Their “Great Big…
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CONTEST: For Balsamic Vinegar Lovers

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Balsamic vinegar lovers: Zingerman’s, a specialty food retailer/e-tailer in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is offering you the opportunity to win a free trip to the La Vecchia Dispensa balsamic vinegar factory in Italy. “Factory” is a relative term: This is fine balsamic vinegar production facility, and the “factory” is one of the charming, centuries-old buildings in…
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