FOOD HOLIDAY: U.S. Coffee Drinking Statistics For National Coffee Day

How about a cup or two of coffee drinking statistics for National Coffee Day, September 29th? This survey was conducted in July by Live Science. For starters, about 83% of adults drink coffee in the U.S., the world’s largest consumer of coffee, up from 78% a year earlier, according to the National Coffee Association’s 2013…
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FOOD 101: What Are Hops?

September 28th is Drink Beer Day. Only a few ingredients are needed to make beer; typically, barley malt, unmalted grain, hops, yeast and water. We were explaining to a friend that our favorite beers are heavily hopped IPAs. “What exactly are hops?” he asked. We turned to Samuel Adams, the pioneering craft beer brewer, and…
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RECIPE: Strawberry Cream Pie Or (Blueberry, Raspberry, Etc.)

[1] Make a delicious strawberry cream pie. The recipe is below (photo © California Milk Advisory Board). [2] This beauty is a no-bake strawberry cream pie. Here’s the recipe (photo © Wife Mama Foodie). [3] How about a strawberry and chocolate cream pie? Here’s the recipe (photo © Food 52). [4] We’ve never had a…
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