We have plenty of St. Patrick’s Day recipes, but here’s a new one to start your day: Green Pesto Cream Cheese & Bagels. Yes, some places will be selling plain green bagels for St. Patrick’s Day. But if want your favorite bagel topping—poppyseed, sesame, everything, whatever—it couldn’t be simpler to make a St. Pat’s bagel […]
[1] Adagio’s limited-edition Irish Stout tea (all photos © Adagio Teas). [2] Drink it hot or iced, black, with milk and sugar…and perhaps some whipped cream! [3] Paper infuser bags for loose tea. Get them here. The Irish now drink more tea per capita than any other nation in the world—between six and seven […]
[1] Ready to snack? Guacamole, salsa, and other favorite dips pair perfectly with Pink Himalayan Salt and Sea Salt & Cracked Pepper Pop Bitties (all photos except #2 © Pop Bitties). [2] Pop Bitties stand up to heavy scooping, too, as with this Pepperoni Pizza Dip. Here’s the recipe (photo © The Recipe Critic). [3] […]
The traditional King Cake for Mardi Gras in New Orleans is a yeast ring, topped with white icing and sanding, sparkling, or other decorating sugar in the colors of New Orleans: purple, green, and gold. But of course, you don’t have to use a yeast ring to make a King Cake. The top chefs of […]
[1] Jambalaya Nachos (all photos © The Food In My Beard | Zatarain’s). [2] Zatarain’s Andouille Sausage combines with shrimp and jambalaya rice. [3] Make extra sausage because you’ll want to eat it from the spoon. [4] Drizzling the cheese sauce. Mardi Gras begins on March 1st this year*, we’re tailoring our meals to […]
This Sweet Potato Apple Pizza recipe from Colavita Olive Oil is delicious for brunch, lunch, dinner, or even dessert. It combines two delicious pairings—sweet potato and apple—and offers variations: butternut squash instead of sweet potato, pear, or pineapple instead of apple. You can also substitute a different cheese for the Manchego. There’s a lot more […]
Each year on National Margarita Day, February 22nd, we publish a Margarita recipe. We’ve covered classic recipes and numerous fruits and other flavors: cherry, cranberry, ginger, guava, grape, grapefruit, kiwi, orange, peach, pineapple, pomegranate, strawberry, watermelon, and even a veggie Margarita with spring peas and tarragon. We now have more than 30 Margarita recipes. Today, […]
[1] The four varieties of cabbage found in the U.S.: Savoy…(photo © Monika Grabowska | Unsplash). [2] Napa cabbage…(photo © MG Produce). [3] Green cabbage…(photos #3 and #4 © Good Eggs). [4] …and red cabbage. [5] Today’s recipe (below), Pasta, Cabbage, Salume & Pecorino Cheese (photos #5 and #6 © Veroni). [6] Salume Milano, a […]
February 16th is International Syrah Day, a wine that most aficionados place in France’s Rhône Valley* and its wine-making region, called Côtes-du-Rhône. You may be familiar with wines from the Côte Rôtie, Hermitage, and Cornas appellations. The best of the wines, from producers such as Chapoutier, Chave, Domaine Gerin, Guigal, Paul Jaboulet Aîné, Saint Cosme, […]
[1] Triple Crème de Cocoa is a limited-edition triple creme cheese from Murray’s (all photos © Murray’s Cheese) . [2] The wheels of cheese are filled with fine milk chocolate, chopped. [3] A close-up of the finely-chopped chocolate. [4] Pralus’ Melissa bar is a 45% cacao milk chocolate, which is a high percentage of cacao […]