RECIPE: Sweet Potato Pound Cake For National Pound Cake Day

March 4th is National Pound Cake Day—one of our favorite cakes. Our “personal spin” on it is a pound cake hot fudge sundae: a slice of pound cake topped with ice cream, fudge sauce and whipped cream—hold the cherry unless it’s an adult-worthy one from Tillen Farms. Here’s how to make a pound cake ice…
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PRODUCT: California Olive Ranch Roasted Garlic Olive Oil

One of our favorite olive oil producers, California Olive Ranch, is having a 30% Off sale on its Roasted Garlic EVOO!. The sale runs through the month of March, and is an opportunity to pick up some great flavored olive oil, not just for yourself, but for gifting (St. Patrick’s Day? Spring? Mother’s Day?). To…
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PRODUCT: Irish Whiskey & Slane’s Triple Casked Irish Whiskey

[1] Slane is a relative newcomer to Irish whiskey. Irish whiskey was one of the earliest distilled drinks in Europe, arising in the 12th century (photos #1 through #4 © Slane Irish Whiskey| Brown-Forman). [2] Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Irish Coffee. Here’s the original recipe and history of the drink. [3] Slane’s unique triple-casked…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: The Saucy Ladies Kettle Chips

The Saucy Ladies have created a line of deliciously crunchy, old-fashioned kettle chips. First, let’s take a minute to compare kettle chips—the original potato chips—to the modern, continuous-process chips.     WHAT ARE KETTLE CHIPS? As their name might suggest, what we now call “small batch” potato chips were originally cooked in a large kettle.…
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FOOD FUN: Popcorn Peanut Brittle Recipe

[1] Popcorn peanut brittle. The recipe is below (photo © The Popcorn Board). [2] Pop your own, or buy it popped and ready to mix in (photo © Hannah Kaminsky | Bittersweet Blog). [3] Garlic brittle from Rabbits Pickled Garlic (photo by Elvira Kalviste | © The Nibble). [4] Chocolate-dipped peanut brittle (photo © See’s…
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