Who is the next upcoming food TV Star? Don’t go looking to the Food Channel or Bravo’s Top Chef. This culinary diva comes to us from YouTube. There you will find 93 year old cook and grandmother, Clara Cannucciari. She has a series of 10 episodes, made over the past two years, that cover recipes [...]
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Sometimes one wonders if corporate America makes up holidays and national days just to sell greeting cards and products. In fact, I began to ponder this question on a recent trip to a local pancake house. For you see, tomorrow, Tuesday February 24th, is proclaimed as National Pancake Day. An initial search for “National Pancake [...]
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Long ago I spent countless hours in the kitchen trying to perfect the consummate bowl of chowder, laced with tender bits of clam and just the right amount of creaminess. Nothing beats a good bowl of clam chowder on a chilly winter day. And with all the rain we’ve been getting, I sure am glad [...]
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It seems a paradox why, in the middle of winter, February is National Cherry Month. Early summer begins the fresh cherry season. It seems cruel to tempt us with talk about this juicy tidbit and not be able to find fresh cherries to satisfy the cravings. I guess we need to get culinarily (is that a [...]
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Some believe that Valentine’s Day was born from the pre-Christian celebration known as Lupercalia, which celebration period began on February 14th. This was a fertility celebration that coincided with the ides of February (the 15th), and often resulted in marriages.
As we head out to the stores this week to buy the one’s we love some flowers and something [...]
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(Shijun Liu is a Product Manager/Advisor for SmartShopIt.com. He is also an Investment Analyst with John W. Parker Investment Management Group. In light of the recently released and very depressing job numbers, we thought it good to provide his unique perspective of the state of the economy and how it relates to smarter shopping. He also discusses our soon [...]
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The power of the blogosphere can sometimes drive us nuts? And today, that may be the case as a couple of bloggers have declare February 5th World Nutella Day. They want to see if the power of the Internet can spark an increase in the consumption and adoration of this jar of nutty goodness.
To find out more [...]
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