[1] One of the best Silvaner wines from Germany (photo © Shop Banquet). [2] Sylvaner is delicious with antipasto, cheese and olives, among many other foods noted below (photo © Vermont Creamery). [3] The best Sylvaner from Alsace—the region spells the wine with a “y” instead of the “i” used in Germany (photo © Domaine […]
If you like to cook with fresh mushrooms, grow some at home. It’s easy, fun, and, as you can see from the photos, have grat eye appeal. North Spore offers mushroom kits of exotic mushrooms. These are beauties, not [with no disrespect] plain white button mushrooms or brown creminis. The varieties are gourmet mushrooms, highly […]
[1] A stuff-your-own sabich sandwich (photo © Leny Vavsha | Panther Media). [2] At Shayla in New Orleans, the eggplant is fried in thin, chip-like slices (photo © Shayla). [3] An Alaskan version with a fish fillet and variations on other ingredients. Here’s the recipe (photo © Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute). [4] Don’t want fried […]
We love to give gifts of pimento cheese. It isn’t a “thing” in the Northeast, where we live. We can’t remember the last time we saw it in a cheese department. Yet it’s such a versatile cheese, to use on bagels, burgers, hors d’oeuvre, crackers and beer, and so much more. > Here are 20 […]
[1] Sweet and savory: pizza doughnuts topped with Hormel pepperoni cups (all photos © Hormel). [2] Beyond doughnuts, the pepperoni cups have uses in addition to pizza. [3] How about pepperoni cups on a salad? [4] A pepperoni cup grilled cheese sandwich. [5] How abut a pepperoni frittata, for breakfast, lunch or dinner? Move […]
Melamine dinnerware from Zak designs, in a classic style (photo © Zak Designs). When you eat outdoors, do you use paper plates? Would you like something more festive and eco-friendly? Take a look at the beautiful, break-resistant dinnerware from Zak Designs. The melamine dinnerware can be used indoors and out, including for barbecues/cookouts* and […]
With summer grilling on the mind, how about a beer-based barbecue sauce? Rufus Teague has just launched them. The company sells a high-end line of eight craft barbecue sauces, including two that are sugar-free and Keto friendly. (The company uses the BBQ spelling; The Nibble uses barbecue.) Now there are three more to add to […]
May is National Barbecue Month, and we’ve been enjoying everything from Barbecue Deviled Eggs With Pulled Pork to Pulled Pork Sandwiches With Barbecue Cabbage Slaw. Today, it’s a Barbecue Chicken Baked Potato for lunch (you can spell it barbecue, barbeque or BBQ). The recipe, from MinShien Denis of Joyous Apron, was sent to us by […]
[1] A bowl of Fralinger’s Salt Water Taffy (photos #1 through #5 © James Candy). [2] A souvenir box of Fralinger’s Salt Water Taffy in a reproduction of a box circa 1889. [3] A modern variation #1: chocolate-covered taffy. [4] Modern variation #2: chocolate covered taffy pops. [5] Modern variation #3: Taffy with filled centers. […]
May 16th is National Mimosa Day, a sparkling cocktail that was named because its color resembled the yellow flowers of the mimosa plant (photo #4—here’s more about the plant). While the classic Mimosa is equal parts orange juice and champagne (or other sparkling wine—photo #2), the cocktail turns purple by substituting blueberry syrup for the […]