'Tis the season for a little holiday cheer. Eggnog has been a winter tradition for centuries. This frothy beverage of milk, sugar, eggs and a dash of nutmeg can be enjoyed plain or with a shot of brandy or rum to warm the bellies of adults who desire to get into the holiday spirit!
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Fruitcake is a much maligned holiday season dessert. This loaf of candied fruit, nuts, and spices is soaked in brandy or liqueur for a sweet, dense cake that is quite unlike anything you've tasted! Even if you think you don't like fruitcake, CDK has recipes for versions that might change your mind. Happy Holidays, it's National Fruitcake Month!
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Today is National Pie Day. CDK has thousands of recipes for meat pies, fruit pies, chocolate, peanut butter, pies with meringue, pies with a top crust and pies without crust! If you're using a pre-made crust, they're actually quite easy to make. Look over our recipes and bake one today!
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There are many different foods that you can call a fritter. Fritters are fruits or vegetables or small cakes that are fried in batter. CDK has appealing recipes for apple fritters, crab cakes, potato fritters, and more. Try your hand at preparing some today, National Fritters Day.
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When it's cold outside, fresh hot cookies provide delicious comfort. Whether you're fixing to get started on baking Christmas cookies, or want to mix up a batch of chocolate chip cookies, snickerdoodles, gingerbread men or any other variety of cookie to bring to holiday parties, CDK has all the cookie recipes you could ever need!
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Created for a 19th century Austrian prince, Sacher torte contains layers of dense chocolate cake with apricot filling, chocolate frosting and whipped cream. A famous contribution from the Viennese culinary scene, today is National Sacher Torte Day!
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Today we're celebrating gazpacho, a chilled vegetable soup made of tomatoes, olive oil, vinegar, stale bread, and other finely chopped veggies. This Spanish export has inspired many varieties of gazpacho that differ greatly from the original, basic recipe. Check out CDK's many takes on gazpacho!
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Giving bachelors everywhere the means to eat, the original 'Radarange' is recognized today, National Microwave Oven Day. Microwave radiation excites water molecules in food or beverages in a process that has revolutionized food preparation in many countries. Search for CDK's many microwave-specific recipes!
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'Tis the season for miniature pine trees, little Santa Clauses, angels, and stars. But how do you put the 'cute' in Christmas cookies? With Christmas cookie cutters, of course! CDK salutes Cookie Cutter Week, and reminds you that we're here to provide all the cookie recipes you'll need for holiday parties and house guests alike!
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Of all the ways to eat sugar, this one is unique. Introduced at the 1904 World's Fair and first called Fairy Floss, cotton candy is made of melted sugar, food coloring, and centrifugal force! Only the Industrial Age could have led us to this!
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One of the many beloved foods to be introduced to the public at the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 (along with Cracker Jack, shredded wheat, and the hamburger!), brownies were intended as a modern, portable dessert for ladies taking in the exhibits. Today, CDK has so many brownie recipes you have a hard time taking them in, let alone printing them all out!
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Pastries play an important role in our annual Holiday traditions. The long list of uses for pastry crusts or baked goods encompasses entree items like pot pies and quiches to desserts like pies, strudels, doughnuts and more. Let CDK provide your recipes no matter the type of pastry you intend to bake, whether it be shortcrust, puff pastry, phyllo, or flaky. Just in time for prime baking season, it's National Pastry Day.
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Apparently originating with the Romans, the term lager derives from the cold brewing and storage process that makes lager a distinct beer. Light in color and flavor, lagers are the most popular variety of beer in North America. CDK invites you to search our many recipes that call for beer as an ingredient. It's National Lager Day!
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Baked in a ring mold, this recipe requires flat noodles bound together with a little flour, some eggs, and maybe breadcrumbs. Inverted onto a serving plate, this noodle dish is a distinctive way to slice and serve pasta!
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This 'food of the gods' is popular on family tables as well as in church basements! Ambrosia typically is a creamy, chilled fruit salad that scores points with both young and old dinner guests. CDK has dozens of recipes for classic ambrosia or quirky variations like ambrosia punch, ambrosia tapioca, or even ambrosia-eggnog candy! Let the gods rejoice! It's National Ambrosia Day!
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This really is cocoa's time to shine. As fall turns to winter, a drink of hot cocoa is always welcome. And with the Holidays, cocoa turns up in cookies, cakes, and other festive confections. CDK even has plenty of savory entree dishes like chili that call for a little cocoa powder. Check it out, it's National Cocoa Day!
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Bouillabaisse is the signature fish stew of the Provence region of France. Authentic bouillabaisse contains at least three kinds of cooked fish, as well as shellfish like mussels, crab, or even lobster. Then there are leeks, onions, celery, and potatoes. The many ingredients generally means many servings. And voila! A signature dish becomes an edible event for your favorite small group!
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A nice change of pace from traditional Holiday treats, lemon cupcakes are light and add a bit of zing in the eating. Consider making lemon cupcakes your contribution to the office party this season. It's National Lemon Cupcake Day!
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Chocolate covered cherries are a common small gift item during the Holidays. But CDK has you covered for National Chocolate Covered Anything Day, with recipes for chocolate covered pretzels, potato chips, and even candy bars! And for an amazing sweet-savory treat, try our recipe for chocolate covered bacon!
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Part of the traditional Christmas feast in parts of Eastern Europe, a suckling pig is a milk-fed piglet that is slow roasted whole, often rotisserie-style. The tender light meat is typically then cut from the carcass on a serving-by-serving basis for medium to large groups. The presentation may be unconventional, but the taste is superb!
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A traditional treat of the Christmas season, hard candy is the result of high cooking temperatures and high doses of sugar! You can buy candy canes, peppermints or peanut brittle, or try the homemade route with one of CDK's many hard candy recipes.
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Sangria is a Spanish punch with red wine, sugar, sliced fruit, and often brandy or other added spirits. Considered a summer drink, perhaps National Sangria Day occurs in this country in the thick of the Holiday season as a suggestion to substitute fruity, refreshing sangria for regular punch at your holiday parties.
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To help you celebrate today, National Fried Shrimp Day, CDK has great recipes for beer-battered shrimp, coconut shrimp, and numerous popular restaurant copycat shrimp recipes. Once considered a delicacy, fried shrimp has emerged as North America's most popular seafood dish!
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Pfeffernuesse is translated as 'pepper nuts,' a traditional German Christmas cookie or biscuit that is lightly spiced and lightly sweetened, then rolled into a ball and some powdered sugar to resemble little snowballs! Leave a plate of pfeffernuesse for Santa Claus and he's likely to fill your stocking!
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'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, cooks were desperately browsing CDK for recipes, using their mouse! Christmas Eve is a time for cookies and milk, candy canes, chocolate and other stocking stuffers. CDK's holiday section is a veritable Santa bag full of great Christmas recipes for meals and sweets alike.
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As the unofficial eggnog season winds down, National Eggnog Day reminds you to make creamy, smooth eggnog a part of your holiday cheer, with or without the rum or brandy. Make your own with fantastic CDK eggnog recipes!
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It's the big day! CDK is here as your holiday resource, for those last minute Christmas recipes like roast goose, ham, turkey, fruitcake, eggnog, and more! Enjoy yourself with the ones you love (and feed). Merry Christmas from CDKitchen.com!
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Is apple pie really more All-American than pumpkin pie? Pumpkin pie is a traditional dessert of both Thanksgiving and Christmas. That spiced pumpkin custard in a crust is a favorite of many families, whether served warm or chilled. It's National Pumpkin Pie Day!
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Candy canes are a ubiquitous Christmas treat. Their distinctive shape may represent a shepherd's crook, in reference to Jesus. Plus, their shape made candy canes of generations past a handy, edible ornament to hang on Christmas trees. Use up your leftover candy canes with CDK recipes for candy cane brownies, cookies, or cakes!
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December is National Fruitcake Month. Refining that Holiday season salute to this celebratory loaf, today is National Fruitcake Day! Old fashioned fruitcakes may not have been everyone's favorite, but CDK has recipes for such modern updates as carrot fruitcake, Jamaican fruitcake, and even beer fruitcake!
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From chocolate covered cherries to little hollow chocolate Santas wrapped in foil Santa suits, chocolate candy is a popular item during the Holidays. If you've got a chocoholic visiting for the Holidays, show 'em the love by making them one of CDK's recipes for homemade chocolate candy. No crinkly little wrapper to remove!
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Maybe National Bicarbonate of Soda Day falls so close to New Year's Eve owing to its old fashioned use as a hangover remedy and antacid. But we like to imagine that it is being honored for its great utility in the kitchen as baking soda! It helps dough to rise, and also makes a mean toothpaste. Good ol' bicarb!
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If you're hosting a party or bringing an item to share, CDK has recipes to prepare you for a rockin' New Year's Eve! You can choose Champagne cocktails or punches to wet your whistle. Eating hoppin' john soon after midnight brings good luck for the new year. Food and drink are big parts of New Year's Eve traditions, and CDK is here to help you ring in a delicious new year!
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Today is the day for bubbly. The fizzy flavorful sparkling wine is many people's first taste (literally!) of the New Year, with ceremonial toasts often following that New Year's kiss. Only sparkling wine imported from the Champagne region of France can properly be called champagne. Imitators are referred to as, well, 'sparkling wine!'
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