peas at a party

In honor of Cinco de Mayo, the National Mango Board is sponsoring a Cinco de Mango blog event, hosted by the generous Chris at Mele Cotte.

This dish received the highest honor at a Derby party this past weekend.  As I joined a group at one of the tables, one (delightful) lady remarked, “This mango salsa is wonderful.”  […]

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Passover begins today at sundown.  Haroset (also charoset or charoses) is the one symbolic food from the ritual Passover plate that usually becomes part of the meal.  It is a reminder of the mortar used to make bricks when the Jews were slaves in Egypt.  At one time it was ground to more resemble the mortar.
Today there […]

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Of course it is.  April 3 is always National Chocolate Mousse Day.  Why you ask?  I haven’t the slightest idea.  Maybe the best answer is “Why not?”

Here’s a quick, 10-minute mousse to add to your celebrations on this great day.  It won’t leave you with images of the Left Bank or memories of that wonderful […]

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