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News bites: Passover edition

Andrea — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:32:05 +0000

Passover starts tonight! Here’s some of what you need to know.

Healthy cooking for Passover? All it takes is tweaking [JTA]

Mazon’s (USA) Childhood Nutrition Seders. [via JTA> Jewish Public Affairs> MAZON US]. I’d like to see an initiative like this locally

Good to the last plague [Washington Jewish Week] Until last year I’d never seen this haggadah. I think it’s an American thing (?).

The Ultimate Passover Guide for Vegetarians and Vegans [The Jew and the Carrot]

Recipes: Gluten-Free Matzo Balls [Gluten-Free Bay] It’s from 2007, but my friend Lisa shared it & I wanted to pass it on.

Kosher wine, beyond sweet red [Chicago Tribune]

An Introduction to Kosher Wine [Serious Eats]

Gefilte fish: baked, not boiled [Toronto Star] …With a little history lesson on gefilte fish in there.

Although it’s not food related: Passover Quotes, Greetings, And Passages For Passover 2010 [Huffington Post]

More to follow, no doubt.

Wishing my Jewish friends a happy and meaningful pesach. I leave you with the new acoustic version of the smash YouTube hit, “20 Things to Do With Matzah.” starring William Levin and Michelle Citrin.
(Thanks to Esther K. for the video.)

Food Holidays: September 14-20

Andrea — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:46:41 +0000

Another Monday, another week of food holidays.

Today is National Cream Filled Donut Day and Eat a Hoagie Day.

My first introduction to the hoagie was the Cosby Show. I’ve never seen one in person. I’ve never eaten one. Hoagies are Cosby fiction as far as I’m concerned even though I know they exist.

For that reason I offer you this Cosby video. It’s not as funny as his muppet-filled dream that involved a talking hoagie (YouTube wouldn’t give me access to that one) but it’s funny. More food holidays after the video.

September 15: National Linguine Day
September 16: National Guacamole Day (Rick Bayless recipe)

September 17: National Apple Dumpling Day (Also see a recipe, The Apple Dumpling Gang and Apple Dumplin’, the Strawberry Shortcake character.)

September 18: National Cheeseburger Day (I can haz one)
September 19: National Butterscotch Pudding Day
September 20: National Rum Punch Day

HAPPY EATING!

Eat well, be well.

Food holidays – August 24-30

Andrea — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:48:28 +0000

Today, August 24: National Peach Pie Day
August 25: Whiskey Sour Day
August 26: National Cherry Popsicle Day (I don’t know if they’re referring to the brand name or the general term. “Popsicle” is to “ice pops” what “Kleenex” is to “facial tissue” and, sadly, “iPod” is to MP3 player.)
August 27: National Pots de Crème Day

August 27: Banana Lover’s Day (see Brian parody the Dancing Banana in the above clip from Family Guy)
August 28: National Cherry Turnover Day
August 29: More Herbs, Less Salt Day
August 29: Chop Suey Day
August 29: Lemon Juice Day
August 30: National Toasted Marshmallow Day

Have a tasty week!

Eat well, be well.

http://www.popsicle.com/Home.aspx

Food holidays August 17-23

Andrea — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:28:53 +0000

How does Monday keep rolling around quickly??

Today: National Vanilla Custard Day

Tomorrow – Tuesday August 18: National Soft Ice Cream Day

Wednesday August 19: Potato Day and Hot & Spicy Food Day

Thursday August 20: Lemonade Day and National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day

Friday August 21: National Pecan Torte Day

Saturday August 22: National Spumoni Day and Eat a Peach Day

Sunday August 23: National Sponge Cake Day

Food Holidays – August 10-16

Andrea — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:09:20 +0000

Monday August 10: National S’mores Day

Tuesday August 11: National Raspberry Tart Day

Wednesday August 12: Julienne Fries Day

Thursday August 13: National Filet Mignon Day

Friday August 14: National Creamsicle Day (I don’t know if that’s the ice cream treat or the drink – or Creamsicle cake?)

Saturday August 15: Lemon Meringue Pie Day (YES!)

Sunday August 16: Bratwurst Day

August 16: National Rum Day

Food holidays, August 3-9

Andrea — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:37:55 +0000

With the long weekend I forgot to post food holidays yesterday, and I was so looking forward to it! You know why? Because yesterday was “Grab Some Nuts Day”. I thought of it (and mentioned it) on Saturday and should have posted it asap. On the bright side, no nuts were harmed as a result.

: Image via Wikipedia

Here’s the weekly:

August 3: National Watermelon Day (ate some)
August 3: Grab Some Nuts Day
August 4: National lasagne Day
August 5: National Waffle Day
August 5: National Oyster Day
August 6: National Root Beer Float Day
August 7: National Raspberries in Cream Day
August 8: National Zucchini Day
August 8: National Frozen Custard Day
August 9: National Rice Pudding Day

Source: The Nibble.

Food holidays July 6-12

Andrea — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:59:58 +0000

July 6: National Fried Chicken Day (yuck)
July 7: National Strawberry Sundae Day (yum)
July 8: National Chocolate with Almonds Day (even yummier.)
July 9: National Sugar Cookie Day
July 10: National Piña Colada Day (Yes! And it’s on a Friday. How convenient?)
July 11: National Blueberry Muffin Day
July 12: National Pecan Pie Day (I heart pecan pie.)

Eat well, be well.

Food Holidays: June 22-28

Andrea — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:00:58 +0000

: Image by QuintanaRoo via Flickr

June 22: National Chocolate Éclair Day
National Onion Rings Day.
June 23: National Pecan Sandy Day. I’m kind of sorry that I Googled this because I found the Urban Dictionary definition, which is gross (think “camel toe”).
June 24: National Pralines Day. Personal fact: When I was young(er) one of my favourite ice cream flavours was pralines and cream. I’ve always been nuts about anything caramel (no pun intended).
June 25: National Strawberry Parfait Day. Do you remember the episode of Muppets Tonight in which Prince did a spoof of “Raspberry Beret” called “Raspberry Sorbet”? Now I’m singing “strawberry parfait” to that tune. Strawberries are in season.
June 26: National Chocolate Pudding Day
June 27: National Indian Pudding Day
June 27: National Orange Blossom Day. I’m not certain what the context for “orange blossom” is here (the flower of the orange?) but I chose to link to the alcoholic drink.
June 28: National Tapioca Day

Food holidays, June 15-21

Andrea — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:01:14 +0000

June 15: National Lobster Day
June 16: National Fudge Day
June 17: Eat All Your Veggies Day
June 17: National Apple Strudel Day
June 17: National Cherry Tart Day
June 18: International Picnic Day
June 19: National Dry Martini Day
June 20: National Vanilla Milkshake Day
June 21: National Peaches and Cream Day

Food holidays, June 8-14: More sweets + nostalgia

Andrea — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:15:57 +0000

June 8: Jelly-Filled Doughnut Day

June 9: National Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie Day

June 10: Herbs & Spices Day (maybe – I found only two sources that mention it.)

June 10: National Iced Tea Day

June 10: National Black Cow Day (An ice cream float made with vanilla ice cream and root beer. According to some websites it also has chocolate syrup, whipped cream and maraschino cherries)

June 11: National German Chocolate Cake Day

June 12: National Peanut Butter Cookie Day

June 13: Kitchen Klutzes of America Day (it exists and there are greeting cards for it!)

June 14: National Strawberry Shortcake Day – The cake, not to be confused with the character. (As a child, I had the dolls and the board game.)

Food holiday article in the Guelph Mercury.

More Strawberry Shortcake because now I’m feeling nostalgic:

Eat well, be well.