Portillo’s Garden Dog: A Plant-Based Hot Dog, Dressed To Kill

[1] Portillo’s new plant-based Garden Dog tastes just like a regular hot dog—delish! (photos #1, #2, and #3 © Portillo’s). [2] Time for lunch! [3] Close-up on the toppings: mustard, relish, chopped onions, tomatoes, celery salt, pickle spear, and sport peppers, on a steamed poppy seed bun. [4] You can actually buy the dogs wherever…
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What Is A Tamarillo & Tamarillo Recipes

In a specialty grocer near you, you may find a colorful stack of New Zealand tamarillos (Cyphomandra betacea)—a relative of tomatoes that looks like a plum tomato, hence its original name, “tree tomato.” Tamarillo, a fruit resembling an oversized plum or a plum tomato, is native to South America, where it has long been used…
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Food Fun: Chocolate Ice Cream Recipes For National Chocolate Ice Cream Day

[1] Dark chocolate ice cream (both photos © Clementine’s Creamery | St. Louis). [2] Drink a chocolate stout with your chocolate ice cream.   June 7th is National Chocolate Ice Cream Day, so we’re sharing some of our favorite chocolate ice cream recipes. Of course, eating chocolate ice cream straight from the pint is a…
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Milk Carton History To Celebrate National Dairy Month

June is National Dairy Month, so how about some fun facts? Let’s start with milk delivery. In the late 1700s, every American household had a cow. A prosperous family might have two. As industrialization moved people into more urban areas, there wasn’t anywhere to keep a family cow. That’s when people began to buy milk…
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Remy Martin X.O. Cognac For Father’s Day

Rémy Martin XO Cognac with a gold plaque that says Happy Father’s Day 2022 (photo © Rémy Martin).   If you’re looking for something luxurious for Father’s Day, and the dad in question is a lover of fine Cognac, here’s an option: The Father’s Day Limited Edition engraved bottle from Rémy Martin. It’s Rémy Martin’s…
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