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by Kevin Burton Finally, one of these national days I can really sink my teeth into: It’s National Taco Day! It appears that the celebration resides on Oct. 4 each year. It’s not a moving holiday, the way President’s Day is. So National Taco Day is not the first Tuesday in October. …
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by Kevin Burton I would never eat Campbell’s Golden Mushroom soup as a soup, but as a cooking ingredient it sure does its job. I’ve been cooking with golden mushroom for years. Not sure when I started or where I first heard about it. But I’ve never even thought about preparing it like …
by Kevin Burton Just learned that I missed out on a big, big opportunity this year and I’m just sick about it. I love stories about people getting second chances and making it all work out. Happy endings. Sometimes though it’s just too late. My big chance came from Idaho in February, …
by Kevin Burton Pepperoni could be legal tender, really. I mean, that time when Jeannette and I made homemade pizza, my biggest fear (hope?) was that I would eat all the pepperoni before we ever got it onto the pizza. Most people agree with me. So you won’t be surprised to know …
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by Kevin Burton Our favorite Mexican restaurant has an offering called “Special Rice.” It is special but I think I can do better. There it is kids, your official warning: I’m headed back into the kitchen. I don’t mind cooking but don’t truly love it. Mostly I rush through the process without …
by Kevin Burton More than once I’ve gotten myself into a sticky situation and needed rescuing, but never like this. Two workers were rescued by firefighters after falling into a vat of chocolate at the Mars-Wrigley plant in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania June 9. “It’s a real life Willy Wonka story,” wrote http://www.entrepreneur.com. “At …
by Kevin Burton Kellogg’s and other makers of sugary breakfast cereals will be restricted in how they market those products in the United Kingdom starting this October, according to the BBC. The Royal Courts of Justice last week ruled in favor of the government in a lawsuit filed by Kellogg’s. The American food giant had …
by Kevin Burton Certain things sound great, but once you examine them are really not. One such concept is breakfast in bed. People talk about breakfast in bed as a mother’s day or birthday kind of special thing you do for someone. So I’m thinking about this and it hits me, who really …
by Kevin Burton Did you miss Bad Idea Day last week, April 23? Well it wasn’t actually named, per se. But New Coke was introduced on that day, in 1985. That’s good enough for me. What was the worst corporate idea of all time? Who’s to say? But New Coke is often …
by Kevin Burton The legendary American treat Oreo cookie has its 110th birthday Monday. I don’t mean our personal Burton-owned Oreo cookies. They are not that old but they have been in the pantry for a while. On the previous granddaughter visit we attempted but did not complete, creation of an altogether …
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