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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Hot Buttered Soft Pretzels Recipe For National Soft Pretzel Month

April is National Soft Pretzel Month, and we love a good soft pretzel recipe. Bake a batch of delicious soft pretzels and serve with grainy mustard and beer. Bake a batch of delicious soft pretzels and serve with grainy mustard and beer. Want to make smaller, appetizer-size pretzels? See our instructions for pretzel bites in…
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Easy-To-Make Easter Candy: A Jellybean Chocolate Bark Recipe

If you’d like to make some Easter candy, this Jellybean Chocolate Bark recipe is very versatile. You can make it with any chocolate—dark, milk, ruby, or white. You can add jelly beans for Easter, and customize the bark for any holiday or special occasion: candy corn for Halloween (photo #2), Red Hots for July 4th,…
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A Peanut Butter & Jelly Popcorn Recipe For National Peanut Butter & Jelly Day

[1] Make some PB&J popcorn for National Peanut Butter & Jelly Day (photo © The Popcorn Board). [2] How a PB&J smoothie on the side? Here’s the recipe (photo © Tru Roots Company).   April 2nd is National Peanut Butter & Jelly Day, the joining of two delicious foods into one magnificent concept: the peanut…
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