TIP OF THE DAY: Peanut Butter Makes Great Desserts

Peanut butter cake with malted PB ice cream….and some caramelized peanuts, candied bacon and white beer foam. You can do it! Photo courtesy PB&+Co. If you love peanut butter, enjoy it in more than sandwiches, satay and PB cookies. Challenge culinary school students to create gourmet desserts with it. That’s what Peanut Butter & Company…
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FOOD TRENDS RECIPE: Grilled Bitter Greens & Blue Cheese Salad With Caraway Peach Dressing

Pairing #3 of McCormick’s 2010 Food Trends is Caraway & Bitter Greens. Caraway seeds are actually a fruit, not a seed. The caraway plant looks similar to a carrot plant, with feathery leaves and thread-like divisions. The “seeds” are small, crescent-shaped achenes (an achene is a one-seeded fruit; the seed has a thin wall, such…
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GOURMET GIVEAWAY: Dunkin’ Donuts Gift Card + Donut Design Contest

Image courtesy Dunkin’ Donuts. Sixty years ago, William Rosenberg opened the first Dunkin’ Donuts shop in Quincy, Massachusetts. Today there are thousands of stores worldwide, beckoning the hungry with its cheerful orange and pink logo. To celebrate, there are two contests. THE NIBBLE’s Gourmet Giveaway THE PRIZE: One winner will receive a $60.00 gift card,…
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