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Don’t Toss It til you’ve Tried It: This Holiday, Give a Fruitcake some Love!

December is National Fruitcake Month, and the 27th is National Fruitcake Day, so it's high time you gave this often boozy, but always fruity, dense-as-heck bread a whirl! What is that heavy-as-an-anvil holiday treat taking up table space at many holiday functions, church bazaars, and office parties you ask? It is the same dessert that has a 1:1 density ratio when compared to mahogany, according to Harpers Index. And it is […]

todayDecember 27, 2021

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Here’s to Eggnog!

December is National Eggnog Month, and December 24th is National Egg Nog Day!  So why all the fuss about the Nog?  Well, first, eggnog has been around a lot longer than refrigeration -- in fact, the first drinkers of the mixture of milk, eggs, sugar and cream enjoyed it hot. Maybe that's where the idea of adding alcohol came from: Nobody could quite stomach the idea of drinking the concoction without getting […]

todayDecember 22, 2021

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National Taco Day 2021: Where To Score The Best Freebies And Deals

Do an internet search for "national food holidays" and you'll come up with at least one for every day of the year. But few can lay claim to the cross-cultural popularity of the taco. And even fewer have been written up in Smithsonian Magazine. The hand-held meal we celebrate annually on October 4 dates back to the 1700s when it gained popularity as an easy-to-tote mid-day meal among silver miners […]

todayOctober 4, 2021

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May 24th is National Escargot Day, which begs the question… Why eat snails?

Just like white truffles and caviar, escargot (which in French means, "edible snails") is one of the finest delicacies in the world—and similarly to other specialty foods, it’s considered by many to be a bit peculiar. Escargot the dish, is cooked land snails, and this delicacy is prepared and enjoyed across the whole world. Snails are an excellent form of protein, tasty, low in fat, and (since they can’t run very fast) they’re probably […]

todayMay 24, 2021

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