It’s National Cherry Month and your customer’s mouths will water at the sight of this delicious Cherry Pie recipe! CHERRY PIE Ingredients 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup shortening 1/2 cup cold water 1 pinch salt 2 cups pitted sour cherries 1 1/4 cups white sugar 10 teaspoons cornstarch 1 tablespoon butter 1/4 teaspoon almond [...]
It’s the first month of the year. The month you decide to make a resolution (and swear you’ll stick to it too!). So, while there are many National Food holiday’s for the month, I’ve decided to select a healthy one that’ll be a hit with your customers as they begin their resolution to lose weight. [...]
It should be no surprise that the month of December is National Eggnog Month. It is the quintessential beverage of the Christmas holiday season. Just a sip of it can immediately take you back down memory lane- images of your youth sitting around the fireplace with mom and dad, fun holiday parties, those Christmas Eve’s [...]
Today may be Cyber Monday, but it’s also National French Toast Day! So start your Cyber Monday shopping off the right way with a delicious breakfast of French toast. But did you know that in Brazil and Portugal, French toast is actually a Christmas dessert? It is commonly served with butter, syrup, fresh fruit, sugar [...]
Today is National Pickle Day. Pickles are an incredibly versatile vegetable- dill, sweet, bread and butter, gherkin, kosher dill, sour, brined, Polish, Hungarian, lime, even deep fried and Kool Aid Pickle often accompanying sandwiches. Have you ever been to Zingerman’s Deli in Ann Arbor, MI? They serve the freshest and tastiest pickles I’ve ever encountered. [...]
Pies and cakes are a thing of the past! Cupcakes are the latest craze to hit the food world. Food Networks Cupcake Wars is a great example of this fad- an entire show devoted to the creation of unique, decorative, and tasty cupcake treats. Years ago your choices were chocolate or vanilla, but today cupcake [...]
Today is National Cappuccino Day! It’s a good thing this holiday is today because with the change of time, lots of us are waking up a lot earlier than we’d like. There is not better way to start your morning or end your evening than with a cup of hot and frothy cappuccino. It’s quite [...]
It’s probably safe to say that your restaurant offers some sort of sandwich. Sandwiches are one of the most popular lunch items in the U.S. and around the world since they are an easy and quick way to grab a bite to eat. The variety of sandwiches are endless. Let’s see, there’s Cuban Sandwiches, French [...]
Take a peek in your kids’ Halloween candy bag and I’ll bet you’ll find many peanut butter candies in there. Yea, you can get your sweet fix eating a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, but if you’re a true lover of peanut butter, you need something a bit more satisfying to satisfy your craving. While this [...]
Dark, milk, white, coated over nuts, caramel, and even peanut butter- chocolate is a versatile and delicious way to satisfy your sweet tooth! It’s no surprise that National Chocolate Day is in October. Halloween is the biggest chocolate season- over 600 million pounds of chocolate are sold this time of year- more than Easter and [...]
