February 26 is National Pistachio Day. How much do you know about Pistachios? Did you know that:
Pistachios grow on trees, each one producing an average of 50,000 nuts every two years.
Pistachios have existed for 80 million years.
Each nut weights around 1 gram.
Iran is the world’s leading grower of pistachios.
Most pistachios sold in the United […]
February 22 is also National Margarita Day. What an inspired idea for a holiday! There are a myriad of margaritas–traditional, lime flavored ones, peach margaritas, strawberry margaritas, even chocolate margaritas. To help you celebrate, here are a few links to my favorite margarita recipes:
Traditional Margarita
Frozen Peach Margarita
Cranberry Margarita
Pommegrante Margarita
Here’s to a happy Margarita Day!
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February 21 is National Sticky Bun Day, a day to celebrate that whole class of goodies made from leavened dough and (usually) sugar or honey. Included are cinnamon rolls, pecan rolls, hot cross buns…
These treats are believed to have come to the United States with the Germans who settled in eastern Pennsylvania during the […]
February 20 is National Cherry Pie day, a part of February’s being National Cherry month. Cherry pie is the fifth most popular pie in America (behind apple, pumpkin, lemon meringue, and chocolate). That doesn’t mean there aren’t a lot of cherry pies, however. According to the American Pie Council, if you lined up […]
February 19 is National Chocolate Mint Day. That phrase always brings to my mind the mints that Marshall Field’s department store in Chicago made famous, arguably the most delicious chocolate mints in the world–Frango mints.
Sadly, Marshall Field’s, founded in 1852, yielded to a corporate merger in 2006 and is now part of Macy’s. However, […]
Americans don’t drink much cafe au lait, not as much as we should. I first discovered the half-coffee, half-milk concoction when I was studying in France during between my sophomore and junior years in college. Although I generally prefer my coffee black and unadorned, there’s something comforting about a cup of cafe au lait, especially […]
February 16 is National Almond Day. Almonds are a heart-healthy snack. A one-ounce, 160-calorie handful of almonds is an excellent source of vitamin E and magnesium. Plus, almonds offer potassium (200 mg), calcium (75 mg) and iron (1.0 mg). One serving of almonds (28g) has 13g of unsaturated fat, the kind recommended […]
The Thursday before Ash Wednesday is Paczki Day in Eastern European communities around the globe. In 2008, that day is January 31.
Paczki (pronounced “Poonch-key”) are round, jelly-filled doughnuts, prevalent in Polish and Czech bakeries two to three weeks prior to lent. The decadent sugar-dusted pastries were traditionally a last indulgence prior to the strict Polish […]
January 28 is National Blueberry Pancake Day. Blueberries are nutritious and have a number of health benefits, including (according to a USDA study) slowing the aging process.
Celebrate the day with this recipe for Blueberry Cinnamon Pancakes:
2 cups Sifted flour
3 teaspoons Baking powder
1/4 cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
1 1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup Shortening, melted
2 […]
January 25 is National Irish Coffee Day. Several parties claim to have invented this festive drink. The chef at Foyne’s, near Shannon in County Limerick Ireland, is said to have invented the concoction in the 1940s. Also laying claim is the Buena Vista Bar and Restaurant near Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco and the Tom […]
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