FOOD HOLIDAY: National Chocolate Pudding Day & Best Chocolate Pudding Recipe

From-scratch chocolate pudding. Photo by Bonchan | IST.   June 26th is National Chocolate Pudding Day. If you don’t already make chocolate pudding from scratch, it’s the day to discover this intense, creamy chocolate delight. Sure, instant pudding is tasty. But imagine how much better it is made from scratch, with quality chocolate. Here‘s the…
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FOOD FUN: Fried Egg Cupcake

Some people love coming across photos of cute babies or puppies. We love cute food. These bacon and “egg” cupcakes with a “pancake” base were created by Apollina of TheYouFinder. We discovered them on Foodiggity. Apollina made a buttermilk cupcake topped with maple frosting and a gummi fried egg. A piece of candied bacon (recipe)…
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JULY 4th: Red Velvet Cupcakes Recipe In Red, White & Blue

Red velvet, white frosting, blue berries. Photo courtesy Wholesome Sweeteners.   These festive July 4th cupcakes combine popular red velvet cake with red and blue berries and white frosting (cream cheese!) Thanks to Wholesome Sweeteners, purveyors of organic and Fair Trade sugar, for the recipe. It makes 24 cupcakes. JULY 4TH CUPCAKES: TAKE A BITE…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Cooking Fish

On Saturday we provided fish-buying tips from chef Scott Leibfried of Arch Rock Fish restaurant in Santa Barbara. Today, Chef Scott provides some fish-cooking tips to turn home cooks into chefs de poisson. INITIAL DECISIONS FOR COOKING FISH Portion Size. A good portion size for a fish is six to seven ounces. Cooking Method. You…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Sorbet Cocktail For Dessert

How can you make a sophisticated dessert in less than five minutes? Cleanse the palate after a rich dinner? Serve something cool and refreshing? Combine dessert with an “after dinner drink?” Serve a sorbet “cocktail” or mocktail, which in its simplest version combines a scoop of sorbet with sparkling wine or ginger ale.   You…
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