For National Chicken-Fried Steak Day, A Recipe, History, & More

What’s for dinner? October 26th is National Chicken-Fried Steak, celebrating a beloved Southern and Southwestern comfort food comprising a beef cutlet that’s pan-fried in the manner of chicken. You take a tenderized piece of beef (usually a cheap, tough cut like cube steak or ), coat it in seasoned flour, dip it in egg or…
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The Loveliest Chocolate Cherry Cordials From The Cordial Cherry

[1] The best Halloween chocolate for the connoisseur (all photos © The Cordial Cherry). [2] Invite these Pilgrims for Thanksgiving. [3] Plenty of pumpkins. [5] Flowers are always in order. This is the fall bouquet. [6] For chocolate-loving football fans. [7] Gingerbread men, one of the many holiday designs.   It was a happy day…
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Pizookie Recipes & History For National Chocolate Chip Day

We’re honoring National Chocolate Chip Day, May 15th, by baking this fun and fabulous Pizookie® recipe. Pizookie is a dessert that consists of a freshly-baked cookie usually baked and served in an iron skillet, typically topped with ice cream. > The history of the Pizookie is below. > The history of the chocolate chip cookie.…
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Birthday Cake Cocktail Recipe (With Or Without The Cake)

[1] A birthday toast (photos #1 and #2 © Thatcher’s Organic). [2] Thatcher’s Organic is a gluten-free vodka, made from corn instead of wheat. [3] We used edible glitter instead of rainbow sprinkles, but you can use either or both (photo Gemini). [4] It’s easy to buy a loaf of pound cake (photo © Incredible…
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Sushi Waffles Recipe With Raw Or Smoked Salmon: Yummy & Fun!

Before National Rice Month ended (September), we hastened to make a recipe that was wildly popular at a Sunday brunch: sushi waffles. When we first heard of them, we imagined a savory buckwheat waffle topped, chirashi-style, with bright slices of fish. While that sounds interesting, this was not that recipe, although we do have a…
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