Is there a more important class of protein than seafood? Fish, shellfish, seaweed and other underwater organisms are a huge part of the diet of many countries. CDK has many amazing recipes for you to peruse during National Seafood Month. Just remember the old saying, fish and house guests both start to stink after three days!
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Who doesn't love pudding? There are so many varieties to indulge in from a rich and creamy vanilla pudding, to bread pudding drenched in whisky sauce, or some old fashioned rice pudding.
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October brings hayrides and crisp weekends spent raking leaves. Naturally, it also brings applejack, a concentrated hard cider that has been popular since the days of Johnny Appleseed and which packs a real punch in your punchbowl!
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With Oktoberfest nearly upon us, beer and pretzels enter the American psyche like at no other time. This month, anywhere that German-Americans gather, you'll likely see the familiar three-ringed breads traditionally made of only flour and water!
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The other white meat is celebrated in October, National Pork Month. The varieties of pork recipes on CDK are amazing. Ham, chops, bacon, pickled pigs' feet, head cheese--what's your favorite? Us? We like to pass around pork rinds while our team passes the pigskin on the football field!
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Mmm. What better time of year for National Chili Month? This spicy stew of meat, chili peppers, onions, and more really warms the belly on cool autumn days. CDK has tons of delicious chili recipes, with all sorts of variations. Chili is the official dish of the State of Texas. But in the Lone Star State, don't put beans in it. That might be a punishable offense in Texas!
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National Apple Month is as American as apple pie! This month, renew your appreciation of Adam and Eve's favorite fruit. Many varieties, like Red Delicious, Granny Smith, winesap and others, are good cooking apples. CDK has you covered with great recipes for apple crisp, candied apples, apple pancakes, apple cider, and on and on!
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Baking season is upon us, and caramel figures into a wide range of baked goods, desserts, cookies, candies and more. In its simple form, caramel is nothing but sugar that has been slow heated until it melts! So put your apron on, it's National Caramel Month!
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The ancient Greeks and Romans liked it, and chances are you like it too. Pizza tops many people's lists of favorite foods. From ancient Roman versions, the pizza pie has evolved into such varieties as Chicago-style, New York-style, white pizza, and the classic Neapolitan. And then there are the toppings! Pepperoni, sausage, cheeses, onions, olives, anchovies. . . . Alright, it's National Pizza Month!
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Baking season is here, and the holiday party season is about to commence. That means it's time to return our attention to that oft neglected food group, desserts! CDK is your headquarters for a dazzling array of dessert recipes, from pies and cakes, to fruit parfaits, mousse, ice cream, bananas foster--you name it! Sweet tooths of the world rejoice, it's National Dessert Month.
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Come one, come all, to National Cookie Month in America! We've got your drop cookies, rolled cookies, bar cookies, refrigerator cookies and sandwich cookies. We've got all your favorite flavors, like chocolate chip, sugar cookies, snickerdoodles, peanut butter, oatmeal and more! You will surely be overwhelmed by CDK's massive collection of cookie recipes! Note to our British users: You might know them as 'biscuits!'
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It's a common misconception that Marco Polo discovered pasta for Europeans during his travels to the Far East. Nonetheless, Italian cuisine is primarily associated with that noodle of many shapes: long strings, tubes, flat strips, and even spirals. CDK has so many pasta recipes, you'll feel like you're Marco Polo making major discoveries for your culinary kingdom. October is National Pasta Month!
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The word vodka derives from a Russian term for water. Yeah right, more like fire water! This clear liquor is now the most popular distilled spirit in the world, owing in part to its versatility and odorless quality. Check out CDK's mixed drink selection for recipes for vodka martinis, gimlets, Bloody Marys, screwdrivers, and, appropriately, white Russians. It's National Vodka Day. Cheers!
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Tacos, we love 'em! Hard shell, soft shell, corn tortillas, flour tortillas, mini tacos--they're all good. And then, there are the fillings: spicy ground beef, shredded beef, pork, or chicken, cheese, lettuce, maybe some refried beans. Mmm, I'm hungry! But CDK has me (and you) covered with our amazing taco recipes!
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Every October the good folks of Spring Hope, NC, host the National Pumpkin Festival with parades, pageants, and more. Get in the spirit of round and orange with one of over 1,400 recipes that use this grandest of gourds, right here at CDK!
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When is a noodle not a noodle? Spaghetti, ramen, and vermicelli are noodles. Penne, bowties, lasagna and egg noodles apparently are pastas, not noodles. Say what? We here at CDK like to avoid this kind of deep thinking that can cause headaches. So we choose to be very inclusive when you search for noodle recipes, especially on National Noodle Day. Now that's using your noodle!
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Angel food cake. This light, airy dessert fluffed up with whipped egg whites is truly divine and worthy of a day of special attention. Making it especially angelic is the fact that it's delicious yet low in fat. Whether you like yours plain, frosted, drizzled with a glaze, or served with a sweet sauce on the side, CDK can set you up with some great angel food cake recipes!
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Pepperoni may be the leading choice of topping for pizzas in America, but a close second is crumbled Italian sausage. This spicy pork sausage goes great with a variety of toppings (including pepperoni), and is honored today with its own day of fame.
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Eggs deserve a special day like World Egg Day. After all, you can prepare them in many delicious ways, from hard boiled, to fried, scrambled, even pickled! And then there's the fact that eggs are an important ingredient in countless other foods like desserts, casseroles, even some beverages! What's your favorite egg recipe?
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National Food Bank Week has been around since 1987. It's a time to salute and support the many food banks in cities across the US that provide sustenance to people in need. Schools, churches, businesses and individuals like you and me are asked to donate surplus food items. This week reminds us to look out for each other!
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Louisiana's contribution to our collective culinary culture is celebrated today, National Gumbo Day. CDK has recipes for many varieties of this hearty stew, but virtually all gumbo recipes call for meat or shellfish, celery, onion, and green peppers, among other ingredients. A good meal in chilly weather, gumbo has gone national!
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This week, plan a menu for your family with a spotlight on pasta. CDK has a world of recipes for everything from spaghetti, lasagna, and ravioli to mac and cheese and chicken noodle soup. Hey, who said that pasta dishes had to be Italian?
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This week we salute the National School Lunch Program, which has been feeding students nutritionally balanced, low cost meals for over sixty years. If your kid prefers to bring a sack lunch from home, CDK has kid-friendly recipes that will have your child's chums asking: You wanna trade?
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Yorkshire pudding. This traditional dish of an English Sunday brunch is made from a batter of milk, flour, eggs, and meat drippings. The first known recipe for Yorkshire pudding is from 1737! CDK has many more recent recipes, including some that simplify the process by using popover tins!
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When I was a kid, this Fun Food Holiday would have ranked right up there with Christmas. National Dessert Day gives you the excuse to pore over CDK's many dessert recipes for your after-dinner fix of chocolate cake, apple crisp, creme brulee, homemade ice cream, and way, way more! So indulge!
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Cacciatore means hunter in Italian. But before you get images of big game hunters silently stalking the not-so-fearsome chicken, you should know that the term means, in a cooking context, chicken cooked hunter-style, with mushrooms, tomatoes, onions, and green peppers. Catch yourself a CDK recipe for chicken cacciatore today!
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It's pheasant hunting season, and that means hunters and hunters' spouses are in the market for pheasant recipes. CDK has you covered when it comes to cookin' this fine-tasting fowl. We recommend roasting it. Especially today, since it's National Roast Pheasant Day!
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A fungi to know, the edible mushroom is a big part of global cuisine. Sliced or whole, white button mushrooms are a ubiquitous ingredient in many dishes. Big portobello mushrooms are good stuffed or grilled, and even provide the 'meat' in many vegetarian burgers! Check out CDK's mushroom recipes on National Mushroom Day.
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Liqueurs are heavy sweet or spiced alcoholic beverages that originated centuries ago as folk medicines. Both orange and anise liqueurs are common ingredients in many recipes, from appetizers to desserts. And CDK's abundant cocktail recipes contain many that feature liqueurs and cordials as the primary spirit. Taste a liqueur today, y'know, for medicinal purposes!
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Ever since childhood, fresh, moist chocolate cupcakes have been a preferred treat at picnics, potlucks, birthdays and Halloween parties. Owing their name to the fact that these individual serving-sized cakes originally were baked in cups or ramekins, not muffin tins, cupcakes have endured. Happy National Chocolate Cupcake Day!
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Oktoberfest may be over, but if you're still feeling a touch o' the German, just add sauerkraut to your lunch! This week, plan ahead with CDK recipes for deluxe Reuben sandwiches, bratwursts, or Polish sausages. That's right, it's National Kraut Sandwich Week. All week!
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This year, you've got an entire week to practice the tongue-twister about Peter Piper's favorite food. That's right, it's Pickled Peppers Week! Bell peppers and hot peppers alike are delicious when pickled with some vinegar, salt, dill, bay leaf, and more. Search right here on CDK, and pick yourself some pickled peppers!
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'Seafood bisque' is somewhat of a redundancy, as the original French soup by definition came with seafood in it. Identifying it as crab bisque, lobster bisque, or shrimp bisque merely gave one information as to which seafood was in the soup being served. Latter day bisque recipes, like tomato or squash, need not apply. It's National Seafood Bisque Day!
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A favorite at Halloween parties, caramel apples are basic, fun, and DEE-licious! Start with crisp varieties of apple like Granny Smith or Fuji, a stick, some melted caramel, and whatever nuts or sprinkles you'd like to dress them up with. You can even turn them into ghosts or other Halloween figures.
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You can do more with pumpkins than carve Jack O'Lanterns or bake pies. This year, take advantage of your grocer's seasonal pumpkin sale prices by making a classic, rich dessert for National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day. CDK has lots of pumpkin cheesecake recipes, including some copycat recipes from famous restaurant chains!
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Today, it's officially okay to go nuts. Nuts are an oily, one-seeded fruit that can often be eaten raw, toasted, or salted and roasted. Plus, they're highly nutritious. Humans, squirrels, and birds are all nuts for nuts! But only humans are allowed to look up nut recipes on CDK. Happy National Nut Day.
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It's the official dessert of Massachusetts, and for good reason. Created by the chef at the Parker House Hotel many years ago, the Boston cream pie is actually a cake, one that combines sponge cake, layers of custard, chocolate ganache, and a sprinkle of powdered sugar. Make one yourself with one of CDK's great recipes. This Boston product will take you to heaven!
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You know what they say about what goes into the making of baloney. A lot of history, for one thing! Our popular American sandwich meat derives from the mortadella produced in the ancient provincial capital city of Bologna, in Italy. In both countries, this sausage must be ground extremely finely to qualify for its name. That's baloney!
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I suppose we all need the okay to indulge once in a while. To the fast food industry's delight, today is National Greasy Foods Day! But you don't have to go out to enjoy low fat, heart-healthy grease! CDK will give you recipes for hamburgers, pizza, doughnuts, fries, and more to satisfy your jones for greasy food!
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First, assemble all your ingredients. Next, addressing those ingredients, shout 'I'll make mincemeat outta you!' Then, calmly, finely mince dried fruits, brandy or rum, spices, and maybe a little beef or venison. Perhaps you'll even age the mincemeat to allow the alcohol to ferment the gooey product. Don't worry, CDK's mincemeat recipes can help you along the way. Happy National Mincemeat Day!
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Perhaps the greatest of Fun Food Holidays, today is American Beer Day! American beer has its detractors, but the thirst-quenching pale lager associated with US brewers has made beer the most consumed alcoholic beverage in this country. Whether you prefer draught, canned, or bottled, raise your glass to American-style beer!
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This starchy tuber is the world's fourth biggest food crop. What can't you do with a potato? Mashed potatoes, scalloped potatoes, fried potatoes--potatoes are even instrumental in counting off time in seconds (one potato, two potato, three potato, four . . .) You want proof of potatoes' multidimensional uses? Check out CDK's potato recipes.
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Quite possibly the world's favorite food, chocolate derives from the cocao tree, another of the important crops exported around the globe from the New World. You already know chocolate's applications in desserts and candies, but take a look at CDK's many entree recipes using chocolate or cocoa. And don't forget to buy Halloween candy, quick!
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Ah, oatmeal, the main ingredient in actual gruel! Steel-cut, ground, or rolled oats are also important ingredients in far more delicious foods, like the familiar breakfast porridge, muffins, cookies, and far more! Horses and Oliver Twist can't have it all to themselves. Today is National Oatmeal Day!
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Today may be Buy a Doughnut Day, but we here at CDK suggest modifying it to 'Make a Doughnut Day' with one of our great recipes for deep fried or baked ring doughnuts, filled doughnuts, or even doughnut holes! We even have recipes for bread pudding that call for doughnuts instead of bread! It's time to make the--well, you know.
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It's that quintessential Halloween treat, candy corn! A little corn syrup, sugar, and honey go a long way; Brach's claims to sell enough each year to circle the earth nearly five times should the sweet yellow, orange, and white niblets be laid end to end. It's National Candy Corn Day!
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Candy apples differ from caramel apples in the use of liquefied sugar or corn syrup, which is allowed to cool and harden into a sweet, tough shell around a tart, firm apple. Insert stick and you have a traditional treat for Halloween parties around the world. National Candy Apple Day is a reminder to make a batch for your masked party-goers!
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