Category: Recipes

RECIPE: The Best Fried Calamari (Squid)

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Every year on Christmas Eve we have a Feast Of The Seven Fishes. We’re not of Italian descent, but our mother believed in celebrating every holiday that had good food. We’ve previously shared some our past menus: 2014 Feast Of The Seven Fishes 2010 Feast Of The Seven Fishes 2009 Feast Of The Seven Fishes…
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RECIPE: White Chocolate Peppermint Popcorn Bark

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Popcorn, peppermints and white chocolate: Yum! Photo courtesy Popcorn.org.   We enjoyed this confection so much at a holiday party that we asked for the recipe. Turns out it’s from Popcorn.org, the consumer site of The Popcorn Board. And it’s easy! Make it for gifts, for your guests and for yourself! Also take a look…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make A Special Christmas Punch

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When we first received this recipe, we thought: Readers of The Nibble won’t want to buy or make the oleo saccharum. Holiday season is busy enough as it is. But we loved the recipe, and decided to make it for our own holiday celebration. We tasted the test batch and thought: We’ll be shortchanging our…
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RECIPE: Christmas Pancakes

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[1] These festive pancakes with holiday seasonings taste great, even if you don’t stack them (photo © Zulka Sugar). [2] Start with quality maple syrup and turn it into cranberry-maple syrup (photo © King Arthur Flour).   We love this festive pancake recipe for the holidays, from Zulka Sugar. It incorporates an array of holiday…
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TIP OF THE DAY: What To Do With Your Panettone Or Pandoro

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Some people don’t know the delights of panettone and pandoro, Italian Christmas breads that are now in stores nationwide from. In Italy they’re Christmas and New Year’s staples, given as holiday gifts. Some Americans have adopted the tradition. For years we had friends who’d receive them as gifts, then put them aside like so much…
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