CookShelfFood Online Holidays & Celebrations
Today is National Margarita Day in the United States. This is, of course, not an official holiday, but a quick Google search turns up a plethora of similar food celebration days in the US and the UK. (My search for…
Tonight, thousands of champagne corks will pop and indulgent meals will be served as couples the world over celebrate Valentine's Day. This day of romance is named after a Christian martyr from the fifth century, but…
Friday is Valentine's Day, so if you haven't yet planned the romantic dinner to sweep your significant other off his or her feet, you better start straight away. My romantic dinner will include a fried bologna sandwich…
Today the Olympics begin in Sochi, Russia. While there has been controversy about dilapidated hotels, strange toilet configurations, and cameras in the showers, food hadn't been part of the hullabaloo. But now that,…
Book News Holidays & Celebrations
Today we're presenting our final holiday list (apart of course from our Best of the Best which will go up early next week) - which hopefully still leaves some time to actually find and buy the item. And, of course, we…
It's about time for another list, and this time the nod goes to Bon Appétit for their "The 50 Worst Food Gifts in the World." Some of them are at least attempts to help the cook out, but others you truly have to wonder,…
Holidays & Celebrations Recipes
Last month, we announced that two of our favorite online food sites were entering into a culinary joust to create recipes for the unique holiday of Thanksgivvukah (see our blog description if you're in the dark about…
Food Online Holidays & Celebrations Recipes
Two of our favorite online food sites are potentially entering into quite a culinary joust. To create recipes for the unique holiday of Thanksgivvukah (see our blog description if you're in the dark about this holiday),…
Food Online Holidays & Celebrations
With apple season in full flower (at least in the U.S. and Canada), we wanted to bring attention to a great story that Mother Jones ran earlier this year. But, first, we wanted to wish all our Canadian brethren a very…
While Thanksgivukkah is still a bit off, given its rarity, it may be necessary to do a little more planning than usual to honor this unique holiday. Thanksgivukkah occurs this year as the first day of Hanukkah falls on…
Culinary News Holidays & Celebrations Recipes
Discussing chocolate is always appropriate, but never more so than approaching Mother's Day. So here's a shout out to The Daily Meal's article, Truth Behind 4 Chocolate Myths. By busting these myths, they produce even…
We'll admit to being a little jealous at some of the great April Fool's Day sites that have gone up today - we applaud both the cleverness and the humor in the companies that have surrendered their sites to whimsy.…
