King Cake & Milk Punch Recipes For Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras 2017 falls on Tuesday, February 28. It always falls on the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Celebrating the Carnival season, Mardi Gras (French for Fat Tuesday) has been a state holiday in Louisiana since the 19th century. Below: > What is Mardi Gras? > Milk Punch recipes. > The…
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Black Currant Juice Uses & Why You Should Drink It

Black currants have twice the antioxidants of blueberries, hitherto the uber-antioxidant fruit. The small, purple-black berries that grow in clusters on the Ribes nigrum bush have four times the vitamin C of oranges and significant amounts of calcium, magnesium, manganese, potassium, and riboflavin. Should you be drinking currant juice? Of course, especially when it tastes…
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Oysters Rockefeller History & Recipe For National Oysters Rockefeller Day

[1] Many Oysters Rockefeller recipes look something like this: lots of bread crumbs, some spinach and a bacon garnish. Here’s the recipe from Tide & Thyme (photo © Tide & Thyme). [2] Some recipes add bacon and Mornay sauce, a cheese sauce variation of béchamel (photo © Arch Rock Fish). [3] Oysters Rockefeller at Bonefish…
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