Cooking Tip: What To Do With Celery Seeds

Do you have a package of celery seeds languishing in your pantry? Here’s what you can do with them. First…     WHAT ARE CELERY SEEDS? Celery seeds are tiny brown seeds (photo #1) that are harvested from the flowers of the wild celery plant (photo #2)—a different variety from the celery we eat. They…
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Cinnamon Swirl Pumpkin Coffee Cake Recipe: Yummy For Fall

[1] Cinnamon Swirl Pumpkin Coffee Cake: pouring on the glaze (photos #1 and #2 © Baran Bakery.) [2] The inside is studded with pecans. [3] Buy the freshest whole pecans and chop them (photo © Williams Sonoma). [4] Top quality dark brown sugar (photos #4 and #9 © C & H Sugar). The history of…
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Curry Pasta Primavera Recipe For National Curry Week

The first week in October marks the celebration of National Curry Week, a holiday begun in the U.K. 25 years ago. It was founded by a prominent journalist who had fallen in love with curry and wanted to create awareness of the burgeoning Indian restaurant industry, while also raising funds for charity [source]. Americans may…
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Cheeseburger Meatloaf Recipe & History Of The Cheeseburger

September 18th is National Cheeseburger Day, and October 18th is National Meatloaf Appreciation Day. So how about combining them into a Cheeseburger Meatloaf recipe (photo #1)? It’s the creation of Beverly Goldberg, author of The Goldbergs Cookbook (photo #2). Inspiration came when she was contemplating new comfort food recipes. “Once I discovered I could combine…
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Homemade Lollipops Recipe For National Lollipop Day

July 20th is National Lollipop Day. It’s easy to make lollipops at home if you have candy molds and sticks. The molds are inexpensive, and the same molds can be used for chocolate. Then, just mix corn syrup, sugar, flavor and color and you’ve got pops. Molds are available with swirly designs, flower, stars, hearts,…
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