Our favorite ways to enjoy the fruit No images? Click here Make the Most of Cherry SeasonWhile we happily eat fresh cherries by the pound, we would be remiss not to mention the number of ways to enjoy the stone fruit in all sorts of sweet and savory applications. Put them in salads, cakes, or serve them with roasted meat. We even have some ways to use your cherry pits (safely!)—so you really can't go wrong. |
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Cherry season is here, rejoice!
The easiest way to make iced coffee
No images? Click here Japanese-Style Iced CoffeeWant some good news? The easiest way to make iced coffee also turns out to be the best. At least, that's what our panel of blind tasters agreed when we pitted Japanese-style iced coffee against cold brew and leftover hot-brewed coffee. Japanese-style iced coffee is simply coffee that is brewed hot directly onto ice, which chills it rapidly. This preserves the coffee's bright, clean flavor, and it's a difference you really can taste. More ways to enjoy the bean |
Thursday, June 11, 2020
The history of popcorn and how we like to eat it
How one grain became a staple snack No images? Click here The History of Popcorn: How One Grain Became a Staple SnackThough their big screens are dark, the smell of popcorn, hot and freshly popped, still wafts out of some movie theaters. Closed because of COVID-19, theaters large and small are trying to stay afloat on the sale of popcorn and other snacks. “We had our doors closed and no income coming in,” Dave Loomos, co-owner of the 92-year-old Pickwick Theater in Park Ridge, Illinois, told a local radio station earlier this month. “We decided to do curbside popcorn pick-up to see how it would go, and we've been doing that for the past couple of weeks and it seems like it's well-received…” When popcorn was first sold inside movie theaters, almost 100 years ago, it actually helped buoy the business, which was flailing at the time as the country entered the Great Depression. Always an affordable treat, today, popcorn is tinged with nostalgia. With movie nights happening at home now, this April, popcorn flew off grocery store shelves, resulting in sales that were more than 30 percent higher than the previous year's. But this isn’t the first time Americans fell in love with popcorn—and it won’t be the last. Our favorite ways to eat popcorn |