PRODUCE: Do You Know Camu-Camu?

The size of grapes, camu-camu are vitamin C-laden superfruits. Photo courtesy Acai-Natural-Pain-Free-Health.com. What’s the next superfruit? It’s camu-camu—but you can call it camu, for short. Camu is the grape-size fruit of a small, shrub-like tree that grows in the swampy basins and flood plains of the Amazon rainforest. As ethnobiologists comb the world for fruits,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Dessert Pasta Recipe

Make “dessert pasta” for your favorite pasta lovers. We have a delicious selection of dessert pasta recipes. After looking at our selection of dessert pasta, reader Katelyn Cronin submitted her own, easy-to-make idea. > National Dessert Day is October 14th. > National Pasta Day is October 17th.     RECIPE: VANILLA SHELLS, AN EASY DESSERT…
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FATHER’S DAY: Gourmet Food Gifts

Dee Dee’s Gourmet Cheese Straws are great with a beer. Photo by Hannah Kaminsky | THE NIBBLE. While TheNibble.com and this blog are filled with gourmet food ideas, we’ve picked a few interesting and affordable gift ideas for Father’s Day: • Spicy cheese straws from Dee Dee’s Gourmet, in a reusable gift tin • Lucero…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Iced Tea Day

Today’s iced teas include herbal varieties like this hibiscus Superflower Tea from RepublicOfTea.com. June 10th is National Iced Tea Day. Bottled tea is the best-selling form of tea in the U.S. About 85% of the tea sold here is bottled, intended to be served cold. Most of it is sweetened. While iced tea is not…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Herbs & Spices Day

Today is Herbs & Spices Day, the day to expand your repertoire beyond the familiar garlic, oregano and paprika. • Check out the fresh herbs in the produce section of your market, and make dinner tonight with something new. You can season dishes or snip herbs into your salad. • Browse the spice racks and…
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