Category: Great Food

Delicious Korean Dumplings (Vegan!) Shipped To Your Door

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We have a quarterly tradition called Dumpling Night. Four times a year, we gather a group of dumpling lovers and order our favorite dumplings from four nearby Asian restaurants—Chinese (potstickers, shu mai, wontons), Japanese (gyoza*), Korean (mandoo/mandu), Thai (gyoza), and when we can get them, Vietnamese (hoanh thanh, Vietnam’s interpretation of the Cantonese wonton). Thanks…
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Try A New (But Ancient) Spice: Hilba a.k.a. Fenugreek

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[1] A jar of hilba, also called fenugreek (photos #1 and #2 © Pereg). [2] The seeds can be purchased whole (photo #3) or ground. [3] The seeds grow in pods. You can grow the plant at home (photo © Luscious Green Balcony).   [4] A bunch of fresh fenugreek leaves, ready for salads or…
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The Most Popular Dessert The Year You Were Born

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[1] 1944: Shoefly Pie (all photos © TasteOfHome). [2] 1976: Banana Pudding. [3] 1984: Red Velvet Cake.   [4] 1961: Ambrosia.   Thanks to Taste Of Home for this bit of food fun: the popular desserts—and recipes for them—from the year you were born. There’s every year from 1940 to 2000. Think of what you…
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Sophistiplate’s Beautiful, Disposable Paper Plates & Flatware

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How did the most beautiful disposable paper plates, made by Sophistiplate, come to be? As a foodie family, Gary and Dan Seehoff love to entertain and set a beautiful table for family and friends. But post Thanksgiving dinner 2015, they found themselves doing the dishes for days on end. They vowed to go disposable the…
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