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FOOD HOLIDAY: August Is National Peach Month

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:02:09 +0000

Peaches originated in China. They were the first fruits to be domesticated, 4,000 years ago. Asians prefer the low-acid, sweeter, white-fleshed peaches while Europeans and North Americans have historically grown the yellow-fleshed varieties. Whichever you prefer, celebrate National Peach Month with some of these past NIBBLE selections:No-Calorie & Low-Calorie Treats:-AirForce NutriSoda Focus (Peach & Mango)-Inko’s [...]

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TODAY IN FOOD: It’s National Garlic Day

admin — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:43:29 +0000

April 19th is National Garlic Day, and we’re celebrating with three of our favorite garlic products: - Garlic Pepper Jelly from Aloha From Oregon, a savory jelly that’s great on frankfurters and everything else (and a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week) -Garlic Aïoli from Restaurant Lulu, a garlic mayonnaise that’s perfect for for seafood, sandwiches or [...]

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TIP OF THE DAY: Zippier Grilled Cheese Sandwich Recipes

admin — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:43:07 +0000

Today is a holiday you can really sink your teeth into: Grilled Cheese Day! In fact, April is also Grilled Cheese Month—a much tastier concept than Taxes Are Due Month. Grilled cheese sandwiches are one of our favorite comfort foods—for lunch, light supper or snacks (you can cut them in quarters for casual hors d’oeuvres, [...]

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TODAY IN FOOD: It’s National Chocolate Caramel Day

admin — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:42:46 +0000

Celebrate with Béquet‘s Salt Chocolate Caramels, shown here with Espresso and Mocha. Today is National Chocolate Caramel Day. No arm twisting needed! While the traditional caramel flavoring is vanilla, the buttery bites have been variously flavored with chocolate, coffee, maple, lemon, habañero—whatever appeals to the imagination of the candy maker and palate of the buyer (and, [...]

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TODAY IN FOOD: It’s Oatmeal Cookie Day

admin — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:42:25 +0000

We like oatmeal cookies, so we need no excuse to bake up a batch to celebrate Oatmeal Cookie Day. Our favorite variations are oatmeal chocolate chip, and oatmeal raisin, where we substitute dried cherries for half of the raisins. But other people (specialty food companies, to be specific) have done a darn good job of [...]

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TODAY IN FOOD: It’s Coconut Torte Day

admin — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:42:06 +0000

March 13th, Coconut Torte Day, begs the question: What is a torte? Is it just a pretentious word for cake, something to make you think the torte is more special than an everyday cake? Nein, mein freund. While torte is the German word for what the British (and Americans) call cake and the French call [...]

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TODAY IN FOOD: It’s National Baked Scallops Day

admin — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:41:45 +0000

We love scallops, so National Baked Scallops Day isn’t a hard day for us to fit in to our eating schedule. Scallops are found in all the world’s oceans. They are a member of the oyster family, Ostreida, and have the familiar central adductor muscle that attaches their two shells. The adductor muscle of scallops [...]

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TODAY IN FOOD: It’s Oatmeal-Nut Waffles Day

admin — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:41:27 +0000

Who thought this one up, you might ask? Why not Blackberry Waffles Day, or Milk Chocolate Chip Waffles Day? We’re guessing that Oatmeal-Nut Waffles Day is the work of nutritionists at the Whole Grain Council or some other group supporting oats—and they’re not wrong. We need three portions of whole grains daily, and oatmeal waffles [...]

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TODAY IN FOOD: It’s National Crabmeat Day

admin — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:41:09 +0000

The whitest, biggest chunks of crab—known as Jumbo Lump crabmeat—are also the priciest. How can you celebrate National Crabmeat Day and still have change to spare? Here’s the secret: Those pretty puffs of lump white crabmeat on the buffet are up to three times the price of the darker body crabmeat. But the darker meat is [...]

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TODAY IN FOOD: It’s National Cereal Day

admin — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:40:50 +0000

Does National Cereal Day sound like nothing to get worked up over…because you enjoy that bowl of Cheerios 365 days a year? Are you bummed that it isn’t National Bacon Cheeseburger Day or National Apple Pie À La Mode Day? Show a little love, please! Cereals are wild grasses, subsequently cultivated. Their edible grains, or [...]

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