We celebrate National Pinot Grigio Day on May 17th. The refreshing white wine is perfect for warm days enjoyment, but Americans enjoy it year-round. In fact, while Pinot Grigio is the most popular white wine in Italy, it’s also the most-imported white wine in the U.S. A BRIEF HISTORY OF PINOT GRIGIO While […]
National Sangria Day is December 20th, a drink made with red wine that looks festive for the holidays. We have quite a few delicious recipes below. But how about a recipe for Winter White Sangria? While not all sangria recipes use spirits in addition to wine, this one adds rum. It also has winter fruits: […]
What’s a July 4th celebration without potato salad? While we previously published a July 4th potato salad recipe, this one is distinctly different. It uses apples for the white stars. The apple stars are made with Envy apples (photo #3), a newer breed that was created to avoid beginning to brown (oxidize) for up to […]
May 27th is National Chardonnay Day, and International Chardonnay Day is celebrated on the Thursday before the last Monday in May. That may sound complex, but it’s the Thursday before Memorial Day. So…time to open a bottle! Chardonnay is the world’s most popular white wine: a dry, medium- to full-bodied wine with moderate acidity and […]
[1] Strawberry White Chocolate Popcorn. The recipe is below (photo © recipe © Popcorn Board). [2] Freeze-dried strawberry halves. We got them on Amazon (photo © Natierra Nature). [3] Guittard white chocolate chips (photo © Webstaurant Store). [4] You can pop the corn from scratch, or buy a large bag of already-popped-corn (photo © Charles […]
[1] Dying to dig in to a Red Velvet Pizookie? (photo © BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse). [2] Gel food colors add brighter color without the addition of a lot of liquid food color. Only a few drops of gel color gives the same, or better, result than a teaspoon of liquid color (photo © ChefMaster). […]
[1] Black and white cookies, so craveable (photo © American Heritage Chocolate). [2] Some bakers get creative. Dana’s Bakery makes black and white cookies with a surprise inside: rainbow cake (photos #3 and #4 © Dana’s Bakery) [3] Dana’s Bakery also makes chocolate chip black-and-whites, gluten-free black-and-whites, s’mores black-and-whites and vegan black-and-white cookies. [4] For […]
[1] California turkey wrap. Here’s the recipe (photo © Patrick Maese). [2] Make a dessert crêpe, here with summer peaches and vanilla yogurt (photos #2, #4, #5, #6 aqnd #7 © Egglife Foods). [3] Add your favorite fillings and roll into a wrap (photo © All I Need Is Aldi | Facebook). [4] Turn a […]
[1] Que Pasa’s limited-edition Liberty Chips for July 4th (both photos © Que Pasa). [2] Look for this bag. [3] Want to make your own star-shaped chips? Here’s the recipe for both the chips and the salsa (photo © Wisconsin Dairy Farmers). Almost everyone will be serving some kind of dip over July 4th […]
Just in time for July 4th menu planning, we received this recipe Chef Tom Fraker of Melissa’s Produce. While the broad concept of “cheesecake” is not an American invention, the modern cream cheese cheesecake is. Cream cheese was invented in New York State in 1872. So: this cheesecake is an all-American dessert. (Here’s a more […]