FOOD HOLIDAY: International Pickle Week ~ May 15-25

Is there anything more dill-icious than International Pickle Week? It was founded more than 60 years ago by Pickle Packers International, a trade association. The U.S. produces 20 billion pickles each year, an average of nine pounds of pickles per person. So for all the people who don’t eat pickles, or those who eat just…
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PRODUCT: All About Cinnamon

[1] Real cinnamon, called Ceylon cinnamon, is the bark of a tree that grows in Sri Lanka. You can see how dense the stick is (photo © King Arthur Baking). [2] The bark of the cassia tree is curved, like a scroll Saigon or Vietnamese cinnamon (photo © American Heritage Chocolate).   A bit of…
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Kouign-Amann, A Great Yet Little-Known Pastry From France

[1] This buttery Breton pastry makes an addictive addition to your morning coffee (photo by Corey Lugg | © The Nibble). [2] A seasonal pumpkin kouign-amann pastry (photos #2, #3, and #4 © Patisserie Chanson | New York City). [3] The inside of a lemon-poppy kouign amann. [4] Fresh out of the oven, topped with…
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CONTEST: Win $5,000 With Your Tilapia Recipe

Tilapia have lovely pink scales. Good news for people who like cooking with tilapia, saving money and winning contests! Regal Springs Tilapia seeks contestants to submit cost-effective and family-friendly tilapia recipes. The person to submit the most creative, most thorough and, of course, most delicious dish will win a grand prize of $5,000. Read the…
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NEWS: Health & Environmental Impact Of Red Meat

In March, The Archives of Internal Medicine published a decade-long study on red meat’s impact on human health and the environment. 500,000 American men and women between the ages of 50 and 71 participated in the study. The unfortunate findings: Other things being equal, men and women who consumed the most red meat and processed…
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