TIP OF THE DAY: Thanksgiving Pie & Ice Cream Pairings

[1] Pie and ice cream: Think outside the box for your à la mode (photo © Good Eggs). [2] Apple pie with honey ice cream (photo © Golden Blossom Honey). [3] Talenti Vanilla Cinnamon gelato, great for apple pie. Talenti also makes Vanilla Caramel ice cream gelato, Brown Butter Caramel gelato, and Caramel Apple Pie…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Easy Rum Raisin Ice Cream

Look for it in stores or make your own Rum Raisin ice cream. Photos courtesy Häagen-Dazs.   Our favorite Thanksgiving ice cream flavor is not Pumpkin, but Rum Raisin. It’s an old-fashioned flavor that seems very American (as rum was produced close to home, in the Caribbean). Actually, its roots are in Sicily; the history…
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RECIPE: Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce

Bread pudding is a Southern classic that can be tweaked to become a fall special with the addition of pumpkin purée. This recipe, from Heidi of FoodieCrush, not only adds the pumpkin, but tops the bread pudding with a bourbon pecan sauce. Says Heidi: “With bourbon pecan and caramelized pecans topping a bread pudding made…
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