Penne & Potato Salad With Spring Vegetables & More Potato Salad Recipes

Here’s a delicious mashup of pasta salad and potato salad, that you can enjoy warm or chilled. It was created by Priscilla Willis of She’s Cookin’, for Idaho Potato. Priscilla shares that the pairing of pasta and potatoes is popular in the coastal region of Liguria in northwestern Italy, bordering France. That’s not all: There…
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Brownwood Farms Dill Pickle Ketchup & Dill Pickle Mustard

[1] Hot dog with ketchup and mustard (photo © Milan | Pexels). [2] Brownwood Farms Dill Pickle Mustard, adding more tang and texture to whole-grain mustards (photos #2 and #3 © iGourmet). [3] Dill pickle ketchup.   We’re not far away from barbecue season. One way to add pizzazz to conventional burgers, hot dogs, and…
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April Is Earth Month, And Champagne Is Sustainable Wine

April is Earth Month and Earth Day April 22nd. As environmentally conscious people, we seek to “do something” new each year. In addition to working more sustainably in the kitchen, we look for food growers and manufacturers who have taken steps to lower their carbon footprint and/or take other sustainable actions. Wine drinkers can look…
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Minnie Beasley’s Almond Lace Cookies: An Artisan Cookie Treat

[1] Minnie Beasley’s Lace Cookies (photo © Specialty Food Association). [2] A delicious bag of cookies (photo by Michael Steele | © The Nibble). [3] Cherry tuiles from Martha Stewart. Here’s the recipe (photos #3 and #4 © Martha Stewart). [4] Lace cookies can be flat. Lady Bird Johnson made them this way. Here’s a…
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Sheep’s Milk Yogurt Benefits & A Yogurt Dip & Sauce Recipe

[1] The recipe for this yogurt dip and sauce is below (photos #1 and 5 © Heraclea Olive Oil). [2] Old Chatham is one of the two artisan brands of sheep’s milk yogurt in the U.S. (photos #2 and #4 © Old Chatham Creamery). [3] The other delicious sheep’s milk yogurt is made by Bellwether…
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