RECIPE: Green Olive Tapenade

Tapenade is an easy-to-make appetizer or snack that complements beer, cocktails and wine. Photo courtesy Pompeian.   It couldn’t be easier to make the popular Mediterranean olive spread, tapenade (at least in these modern days of food processors). You can use any type of olive, from mild to pungent; black, green or a mix. Here’s…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Try A Flaxseed Mill

Here’s another way to add “instant nutrition” to your foods, with no more effort than it takes to grind pepper. In this case, you’re grinding flaxseed. Why? This superfood adds noteworthy nutrition to food (see the health benefits below), so much so that a growing number of consumers have been clamoring for it. An estimated…
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TIP OF THE DAY: A Boon For Messy Eaters

Tie one on! say the father and son team behind DressTiez, and we couldn’t agree more. We fall into the category of unintentionally messy eaters. We don’t want to drip pizza, sauce and other runny foods down the front of our shirts and sweaters; but we invariably do. During our teen years, when crisp white…
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FOOD FUN: Beer Flavored Jelly Beans

Chew, don’t chug, these beer-flavored jelly beans. Photo courtesy Jelly Belly.   What if your kid’s first beer was a jelly bean? Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, Jelly Belly Candy Company has launched the first beer-flavored jelly bean, called Draft Beer. Beer has been a oft-requested flavor for decades. After years of working…
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The History Of Oreos For National Oreo Day

March 6th is National Oreo Day, honoring the world’s most popular cookie. It’s a simple sandwich cookie, yet it’s the passion of many cookie eaters. (Also check out the year’s 44 cookie holidays.) We almost feel like ditching work to celebrate—with Oreo cheesecake, cookies and cream ice cream and an Oreo milkshake. Overkill? Some say…
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