Category: Food Holidays & More

Vegetarian Spaghetti Carbonara With Mushrooms For National Mushroom Month

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September is National Mushroom Month. We’ve put together some of our favorite mushroom recipes, below, as well as this yummy recipe for Vegetarian Spaghetti Carbonara With Mushrooms. The mushrooms substitute for the cured pork in the original recipe. Here’s the classic recipe, and the history of Spaghetti Carbonara recipe, which includes the history of Spaghetti…
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30 Delicious Rice Recipes For National Rice Month

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[1] Black and white rice side dish (recipe and photo © Zavor America). [2] Seafood salad atop black rice. Here’s the recipe (photo © DeLallo). [3] Thai rice pudding with mango ice cream. Here’s the recipe (photo © Briana’s Kitchen Creations [now closed]). [4] Black pearl rice (photo by Hannah Kaminsky | © The Nibble).…
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How To Store Potatoes For National Potato Month

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Quick tips for National Potato Month, September, on how to buy and store potatoes (National Potato Day is August 19th).     HOW TO BUY POTATOES FIRM. Choose potatoes that are firm, with smooth skin. Avoid potatoes that are too soft, greenish in color or have cuts, sprouts or blemishes. These are more likely to…
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Food Fun: Stephanie Izard’s Cheez-It Crunch Cake & Recipe

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[1] The original Cheez-It cake, made to celebrate the brand’s 100th birthday (all photos © Kellogg’s Cheez-It). [2] Take a big bite! [3] The cake was created for the 100th anniversary of Cheez-It. The brand’s history is below. [4] Have some Cheez-Its with your Cheez-It cake. [5] Don’t want to bake the cake? Enjoy Cheez-Its…
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Rum Punch Recipes For National Rum Punch Day

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Raise a toast to September 20th, National Rum Punch Day. Punch is a general term for a broad assortment of mixed drinks, made with or without alcohol. The drink originated on the Indian Subcontinent, and was called paantsch. The word “punch” derives from that Hindi word, also spelled panch, which in turn comes from the…
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