Start Lent’s Fish Friday with a classic Italian-American shrimp dish. In American, scampi is a shrimp dish with garlic butter and dry white wine served on a bed of linguine. This updated classic dish with roasted prawns stuffed with scampi is so beautiful, it does not need to share a plate with linguine. Serve the Stuffed Prawns with a salad of baby greens and a lemony vinaigrette. Suggested Wine Pairing A Sauvignon Blanc from the Northen Italian Trentino-Alto Adige wine country. How to Make Ingredients Scampi Filling: 1 lb medium or large shrimp 2 cloves garlic, minced ¼ cup greek yogurt 1 cup panko 2 T fresh lemon juice ¼ t turmeric ¼ t crushed red pepper flakes 2 T […]
Celebrating Mardi Gras with International Customs
Mardi Gras also known as Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday is a celebration on the eve of Ash Wednesday, commencing 40 days of giving up meat, sweets and indulgences, reflecting 40 days of fasting. Mardi Gras is celebrated throughout the world with cultural customs and traditions. United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia – Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Day or Pancake Tuesday. Brazil – Tera-feira Gorda [Fat Tuesday] – the final day of Brazilian Carnival. Greece – Apocreas, which means “from the meat”, meat is not eaten during Lent. Sweden – Fettisdagen – Pancake Tuesday Denmark – Fastelavn – Bun Day USA – Mardi Gras – In Catholic and French-speaking parts of the United States. Germany – Fastnacht – also “Fasnacht”, Fasenacht Fasteloven […]
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THE OSCARS – A Viewing Party Menu Your Guests Will Love!
To celebrate the Academy Awards show we created a red carpet worthy menu for your Oscars viewing party, inspired by the Best Picture nominees. We suggest you prepare your thank you speech for your adoring party guests! THE OSCARS MENU Cocktail Gravity – Heavenly Inspiration Celestial Fizz Cocktail Opening Monologue Wolf of Wall Street – 80’s hors d’euvres Buckwheat Blinis with Creme Fraiche and Caviar American Hustle – 70’s hors d’oeuvres Crab Rangoons Angels on Horsebacks And the winner Is… Updated classic antipasto platter – great for sharing in the viewing room Feta ball with peppadews, Grissini olives and assorted crackers Grand Finale Dallas Buyers Club – Cowboy Style Cowboy Cookies atop RumChata milk shake {via} Celestial Fizz Cocktail Buckwheat […]
