We love Advent calendars, both giving them and receiving them. But they’re not a last-minute gift: You need to give it to the recipient before December 1st. That’s why for the past few years, we’ve turned to giving them to our loved ones at Thanksgiving dinner. We would spend hours poring over websites to find […]
[1] A limited fall edition version of Weybridge from Vermont (photo © Jasper Hill Farm). [2] Mimolette, perhaps the spookiest-looking cheese (photo © Tout 1 Fromage). [3] Mimolette sliced. The rind is technically edible, though it’s quite tough and doesn’t have a particularly appealing taste (photo © Murray’s Cheese). [4] Saxonshire is a layered cheese […]
[1] Semisweet chocolate bar with dried fruits and nuts (photos #1 and #2 © Pampered Chef). [2] A white chocolate bar with rainbow sprinkles. [3] Dulcey or blonde chocolate, created by Valrhona, is white chocolate that has been caramelized to a buttery, rich caramel flavor. These bars are sprinkled with cookie pearls at Nuchocolat (photo […]
We’ve been loading up on pasta recipes since October is National Pasta Month. It’s as good an excuse as any to try more recipes. We were charmed at the idea of Grown-Up SpaghettiOs in this recipe from DeLallo (yes, SpaghettiOs is the proper spelling—no hyphen, no apostrophe). SpaghettiOs was created to make dinner easier for […]
[1] Burdick Chocolate’s Coffin Assortment for Halloween (photos © Burdick Chocolate). [2] Enjoy them while you listen to the Monster Mash. [3] Ghostly mice. Creak open the lid of L. A. Burdick’s Chocolate Coffin Assortment to discover a frightfully delicious array of chocolate bonbons from one of our favorite artisan chocolatiers. The 20 pieces […]
October 10th is National Angel Food Cake Day. We have a bunch of angel food cake recipes below, and a new one from Cambria Style that debuts today. It’s a special treatment, using a sweet-and-salty profile achieved with preserved lemons in the lemon curd. If you don’t have access to, or don’t want, the preserved […]
October is National Pizza Day, and it’s just one of 11 pizza holidays celebrated in the U.S. Here’s the entire list. Detroit pizza? Grandma slice? Scottish pizza crunch?? How many types of pizza have you had? Check ‘em out! How about the history of pizza? Take a look at pizza trends: America’s favorite toppings and […]
[1] Burnt-caramel custard. Here’s the recipe (photo © Bon Appétit). [2] A multi-portion flan made in a fluted flan pan Here’s the recipe (photo © Hummingbird High). [3] Top view of a single-portion flan, or crème caramel (photo © Le Coq Rico [now La Rotisserie | NYC]). [4] A side view (photo © Añejo Tribeca […]
[1] Vietnamese iced coffee. A swirl of sweetened condensed milk makes it as sweet as you like (photo © Demi Deherrera | Unsplash). [2] You can drink Vietnmese coffee hot, of course (remaining photos © Fat Miilk). [3] Three of the four blends of Fat Miilk beans. [4] A phin is the Vietnamese equivalent of […]
Sixty-two percent of Americans drink coffee every day [source]. So de facto, millions of Americans will be celebrating National Coffee Day, September 29th. (International Coffee Day is October 1st). There are more fun coffee stats below. But first, in honor of fall, let’s give some time to the Pumpkin Spice Latte. The drink is available […]