The Holiday Foodie Season is upon us, and to celebrate, for a limited time, Baskin-Robbins® is turning a hosting favorite into an unexpected dessert with an all-new Flavor of the Month, Brie My Guest, and welcoming back the fan-favorite Turkey Cake. Inspired by your cheeseboard faves, Brie My Guest is an unbelievable combination of brie and burrata flavored ice creams, mixed […]
The first week of November is National Fig Week, which may seem odd because it comes towards the end of fresh fig season (they can usually be found from May through November). Dating back to the Stone Age, hundreds of varieties of figs have emerged. Figs are highly perishable and need to be used almost […]
As if October 31 wasn’t awesome enough with costumes, ghouls, candy, and spooky things galore – it’s also National Caramel Apple Day! Caramel apples and Halloween go together like ghosts, goblins, tricks, and treats. The tradition stretches back decades to the day a creative Kraft confectioner invented the wonderfully simple recipe while trying to figure […]
Fall is persimmon season, so that naturally makes October the perfect time to have National Persimmon Month! The long and Fruity Origins of Persimmons Persimmons grow in temperate to tropical climates. Cultivation of Diospyros kaki began thousands of years ago in China and about 1,300 years ago in Japan. It seems to be the only […]
Holiday Baking season has just begun, and you’ll soon be checking the pantry and stocking up on the basics like flour, sugar, and butter. Which is why it’s the perfect time to think about which butter to buy. Or maybe you’ve never really given it much thought, after all, how much variance can there possibly […]
It’s Halloween week, and let’s face it, we’ve all been dipping into the treats we bought too early. But that’s okay, because now you have an excuse to grab some ooey gooey chocolatey goodness, be it milk, dark, or even white chocolate, because today is National Chocolate Day! Chocolate through the Ages Did you know […]
Pumpkins are a huge part of American culture, so much that every year about 655,765 US tons of them are produced. Yes, our nation is obsessed with these orange globular squashes of all sizes, especially in the month of October, which just happens to be National Pumpkin Month, AND October 26th is also National Pumpkin […]
October 26 is National Mincemeat Day, which begs the question, what exactly IS Mincemeat, anyway? Well, it may not be what you think. If you didn’t grow up with mincemeat, chances are you’re totally confused about what this food actually is. From the sound of it, one would assume that meat was the main ingredient, […]
A food poisoning outbreak tied to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders was caused by a common type of E. coli bacteria that can cause serious illness and death. As AP News reports, about 50 people have fallen ill in the McDonald’s outbreak, and one has died, with ages ranging from 13 to 88, according to the Centers for Disease Control […]
Attention McDonald’s fans: Your tweets, prayers, and angry letters have been answered. The McRib is officially making a comeback… soon’ish. Last week The Independent reported that the McRib, which was first introduced in the early 1980s, is back on the menu in McDonald’s locations across the United Kingdom after being pulled from permanent circulation nearly a decade […]