National TV Dinner Day & The History Of TV Dinners

Since we spend our days (and nights) tasting artisan food products, we don’t eat many frozen dinners. But September 10th is National TV Dinner Day, so it’s time to reflect on a meal format dear to many Baby Boomers, and now lost to changing times. In grade school, they were a favorite meal. It was…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Fried Pickle Chips

Serve fried pickles with a beer or a Martini. Photo courtesy ILovePickles.org.   This tip was inspired by the arrival of a gift of Vlasic Farmer’s Garden Pickles. With little room in the fridge for a large bottle of pickles, we needed to use them up right away. The solution: an end-of-the-day celebration of fried…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Date Nut Bread Day

Whew, we got Mom’s date nut bread recipe just in time for National Date Nut Bread Day, September 8th. Imagine a fruit bread loaf packed with healthful chopped dates and walnuts, sliced and spread with cream cheese (O.K., the cream cheese is less healthful). Or update the concept with soft goat cheese, Gorgonzola Dolce (a…
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