FOOD HOLIDAY: National Date Nut Bread Day

Whew, we got Mom’s date nut bread recipe just in time for National Date Nut Bread Day, September 8th. Imagine a fruit bread loaf packed with healthful chopped dates and walnuts, sliced and spread with cream cheese (O.K., the cream cheese is less healthful). Or update the concept with soft goat cheese, Gorgonzola Dolce (a…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Your Own Olive Mix Recipe

Whether for your own home or as a gift when you visit someone else’s, consider making an olive mix recipe. Healthful and versatile, olive mixes stay in the fridge for months, ready to grab and serve with beer, red and white wine, and martinis and other cocktails. You can also use the olives as part…
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RECIPE: Make A Hurricane Cocktail

[1] A Hurricane cocktail served in the traditional Hurricane glass, fashioned after a hurricane lamp (photo © Alex 9500 | Panther Media). [2] The Hurricane is so popular that the Hard Rock Cafe in Stockholm has its own printed Hurricane glasses (photo © Bacardi Rum | Facebook). [3] Gosling’s Black Seal dark rum (photo ©…
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