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February Food Holidays & Events
Feb01

February Food Holidays & Events

Here are February Food Holidays & Events. Most of these holidays are based out of the USA, with others sprinkled in here & there. Find other months on The Year in Food Holidays & Events page. Month Holidays: Berry Fresh Month: Tiger Nut & Berry Smoothies Browse Berry shows, Berry recipes How to Prepare & Eat Goldenberries – aka Peruvian Ground Cherries Blackberry Parfaits with Napa Valley Blackberry Ginger...

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How to Make Raspberry Parfaits with Napa Valley Raspberry Vinegar Reduction
May15

How to Make Raspberry Parfaits with Napa Valley Raspberry Vinegar Reduction

Red & white, and full of fresh, sweet flavor, Raspberry Parfaits with Napa Valley Raspberry Vinegar Reduction is just perfect for Victoria Day weekend. Whether it’s Victoria Day, Memorial Day, Canada Day, 4th of July or Labor Day, this parfait can hold its own and satisfy everyone’s sweet tooth – sweet & creamy. Plump, ripe berries adorn your parfait glasses, as ice cream gets layered in between. They are...

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How to Make Cream Cheese & Anchovy Stuffed Pickled Cherry Peppers
May13

How to Make Cream Cheese & Anchovy Stuffed Pickled Cherry Peppers

Cream Cheese & Anchovy Stuffed Pickled Red Cherry Peppers are not only festive for Victoria Day, but tasty too! My Father loved these tasty tidbits of creamy, spicy & salty delight. In fact, this was one of the only things I’ve ever seen my Father prepare in the kitchen. The red & white colors makes this the perfect set of hors d’oeuvres for Victoria Day, Memorial Day, Canada Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, even...

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How to Grill Haskapa Smoked Paprika Pork Riblets + Video
Sep05

How to Grill Haskapa Smoked Paprika Pork Riblets + Video

Using this recipe for How to Grill Haskapa Smoked Paprika Pork Riblets is a unique and delicious way to prepare tender, tasty pork riblets. The Haskapa flavoring makes the riblets even more mouthwatering, especially combined with smoked paprika. Haskapa has an amazing line of products containing haskap berries. For the glaze recipe, I use Haskapa Jam made with plump haskap berries out of Nova Scotia. Haskapa.com Grilled Haskapa Smoked...

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Web Chef Review: Napa Valley Vinegar Co. Sweet Mango Vinegar
Aug10

Web Chef Review: Napa Valley Vinegar Co. Sweet Mango Vinegar

Napa Valley Vinegar Co. Sweet Mango Vinegar is a fabulous white wine vinegar with mango puree from Wine Country Kitchens. This mango vinegar is so very delicious and it’s perfect as a salad dressing, as a hot vinaigrette, as a marinade for meat, reduced to a syrup to drizzle over desserts or yogurt and as an addition to a punch or other beverages. What a beautiful color this vinegar is and it smells like you just cut a fresh...

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Web Chef Review: Napa Valley Vinegar Co. Blood Orange Vinegar
Jul27

Web Chef Review: Napa Valley Vinegar Co. Blood Orange Vinegar

This Napa Valley Vinegar Co. Blood Orange Vinegar is a must-share from Wine Country Kitchens! You really should make a point of trying this fantastic blood orange vinegar. It’s bursting with the flavor of real blood orange puree and white wine vinegar, this vinegar is a beautiful, ruby color, and the flavor is like you just peeled a blood orange and took your first tasty bite. Find out about this product on this webisode of What...

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Web Chef Review: Napa Valley Vinegar Co. Raspberry Vinegar
Jul26

Web Chef Review: Napa Valley Vinegar Co. Raspberry Vinegar

Napa Valley Vinegar Co. Raspberry Vinegar – WOW this stuff is serious flavor! This vinegar is so wonderfully tasty that once sampled, you will want to put it on everything you eat. Seriously, as raspberries are one of my favorite berries, this raspberry vinegar really hits the spot for me, as they have truly captured the essence of raspberry in this reddish colored vinegar. The vinegar contains real raspberry puree, so it exudes...

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Web Chef Review: Napa Valley Vinegar Co. Champagne Pear Vinegar
Jul17

Web Chef Review: Napa Valley Vinegar Co. Champagne Pear Vinegar

Napa Valley Vinegar Co. Champagne Pear Vinegar is as delicious as it sounds, and just as versatile. This beautiful, yellow-colored vinegar is made with white wine vinegar and true pear purée so the flavor is full of the essence and bits of pears. When you open the bottle the smell of pears is the first thing you notice and this lovely vinegar goes so well on a salad, as a marinade, on chicken, veal, beef or fish. I used it on a...

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How to Grill Stuffed Roasted Veal on the BBQ: Father’s Day Flavor
Jun09

How to Grill Stuffed Roasted Veal on the BBQ: Father’s Day Flavor

If you’ve never tried anything like this on your grill, check out this recipe for How to Grill Stuffed Roasted Veal on the BBQ! We look forward to Spring and Summer weather. So, usually, by the time Father’s Day rolls around, we can enjoy cooking on the barbeque, thus keeping the kitchen cool and free of kitchen clutter. This is a perfect dish for a crowd and makes a beautiful presentation on such an occasion. How to Grill...

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How to Cook Chicken a la King: Mother’s Day Delights
May09

How to Cook Chicken a la King: Mother’s Day Delights

This recipe for How to Cook Chicken a la King, is a very tasty dish, and even more so if the cooked chicken is grilled or roasted, which kicks up the flavor. This year, for Mother’s Day, Kimberly wanted to know what I wanted to eat for our festivities, which I thought was nice… So, this was one of the dishes I’ve been thinking about lately, and figured it would serve us fine for such an occasion. How to Cook Chicken...

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How to Make Foie Gras Pâté
Feb23

How to Make Foie Gras Pâté

Savory, creamy & very decadent, Foie Gras Pâté is somewhat of an acquired taste & a delicacy. How to Make Foie Gras Pâté: It’s easy to make a Foie Gras Pâté using Pan Seared Duck Livers. Type: Pâté Recipe: Serve with: pickles, Dijon mustard on French bread or rye toasts with sweet, white wine Prep Time: 12 min Bake Time: 1 1/2 – 2 hrs Chill Time: 12 hrs Yields: 12 people Ingredients: 1/2 lb ground veal or ground...

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How to Pan Sear Foie Gras + 6 FG Cooking Tips
Jan27

How to Pan Sear Foie Gras + 6 FG Cooking Tips

Delicious Foie Gras is the French reference for fat liver, which it is… The goose or duck liver has been enlarged to great proportions by feeding especially large & vitally nutritious amounts. Foie gras is extremely expensive, usually sold in cryo-vac packaging, where it keeps nicely for some time, but not indefinitely. 6 Tips for Cooking Great Foie Gras: When handling foie gras, it is important to remember it is largely...

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How to Make Sauerkraut
Dec27

How to Make Sauerkraut

Sauerkraut is fantastic, but even more awesome when you make it yourself at home. Sauerkraut has a history of being of a healthful quality, as cabbage is jam packed with good stuff for your body, and is a dish that one you acquire a taste for it, you enjoy eating it frequently. Perfect alongside pork chops, sausages, spare ribs or frankfurters. Also, we enjoy our perogies with fried sauerkraut filling. Mmm… How to Make...

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