Category: Great Food

Lambrusco, A Fizzy Italian Red In Both Dry & Off-Dry Styles

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[1] Pouring a glass of Lambrusco from a conventional bottle (photo © CC Food Travel | Wikipedia). [2] The award winner: turn this bottle-decanter combo on its side, and it turns into a long-neck decanter that oxygenates the wine (photo © Cantine Ceci). [3] This square-sided bottle was introduced by the same company, but while…
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APRIL FOOL’S DAY: It’s A Box Of Pasta (Or Maybe A Book)

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Reminiscent of Cosmo Kramer’s coffee table book on Seinfeld,* Carla Bardi has published a book of spaghetti recipes that looks like a box of spaghetti. At first glance it seems to be a spaghetti package from a supermarket shelf. If you hand it to someone, they’ll think you’re giving them a box of spaghetti. But…
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GLOSSARY: Lemon Varieties

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We couldn’t let Oranges & Lemons Day end without introducing our latest food glossary: the Lemon Glossary. It has (almost) everything you want to know about lemons: Lemon history (they originated near the foothills of the Himalayas) The different types of lemons (can you name even two?) Nutrition and health benefits, plus kitchen tips.You’ll even…
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EASTER: Eat Your [Chocolate] Vegetables!

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People will beg for these veggies! Photo courtesy WoodhouseChocolate.com. What does a chocolate Easter bunny eat? Chocolate carrots, of course! Carrots—in dark, milk and white chocolate—and chocolate asparagus are the adorable chocolate vegetables made by Woodhouse Chocolate, a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week. No children—or adults—will refuse to eat these vegetables. (And here’s a…
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