Category: Great Food

MEMORIAL DAY: Toast With Red, White & Blue Cocktails

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Beyond planning barbecues and celebrating the three-day weekend, many of us have forgotten the meaning of Memorial Day. There are fewer parades of marching veterans, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts; fewer veterans sell paper poppies to raise money for the families of fallen soldiers. Memorial Day grew from the Civil War: Before the end of…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Clarified Butter

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[1] Melted or “drawn” butter, at top, compared to clarified butter (photo by Emily Chang | THE NIBBLE). Melted or “drawn” butter, at top, compared to clarified butter (photo by Emily Chang | THE NIBBLE).   If you like to sauté foods in butter but find that higher heat scorches the butter, use clarified butter…
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PRODUCT: Otis And Betty’s Snack Mix

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Do you like crunchy snacks? Sweet, crunchy snacks? With tang and heat? Welcome to Otis And Betty’s. It’s a bit of a “warning welcome,” since once you start eating these multi-textured and -flavored snacks, it isn’t easy to stop. O&B’s are all-natural, Chex-style mixes, made from different flavors of Chex, honey-roasted almonds and pecans, pretzels,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Spring Ramps (Wild Leeks)

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Ramps, or wild leeks. Photo courtesy Cherokee-nc.com. Ramps are in season through next month, and they are worth seeking out. Ramps are wild leeks—also known as spring onion and ramson. In French, they are called ail des bois, garlic of the woods, because of the combined garlic-onion flavor. They grow wild and are found in…
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