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School Garden Collaboration Focus of 2022 Duke Energy Recipe Book | Duke Energy
Student gardeners inspire recipes for holiday publication Program demonstrates how environmental learning can build vibrant communities CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Originally conceived as a creative way to encourage customers to use their kitchen appliances, the Duke Energy Recipe Book has grown to become a favorite staple for many of the company’s 8.2 million customers. Distributed annually in time for the holidays, each edition features a different theme. Over the last two years, the recipe book has featured local restaurants and community organizations across the company’s territories celebrating unique efforts to tackle the impacts of the pandemic. This year’s offering, “The Grassroots Garden,” began distribution…
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Rachel Roddy’s recipe for Sicilian quince paste | Christmas food gifts
It was my partner Vincenzo’s great aunt who made cotognata. The youngest of five siblings, all of whom had their own families, it was both her speciality and responsibility. Every autumn, in her kitchen in Gela on the south coast of Sicily, she cooked kilos and kilos of mela cotogna (quince) down to a puree and passed it though a hand-cranked food mill, before bringing it back to a boil with lemon juice and sugar. Once the mixture reached the setting point (a dense, molten state that burped and spat at passing children), it was poured into terracotta or tin moulds and left to set to a firm jelly. Every…
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Recipe: Bottoms Up Bunny Cupcakes allow you to play with your food
By Cynthia Ferris-Bennett Sierra Chef Friday, April 15, 2022 What a fantastic Easter project for the kiddos — “Bottoms Up Bunny Cupcakes.”This project doesn’t require a lot of special equipment or tools. This is a quick, fun activity for you and your Junior Chefs to get in the kitchen and create some memories. “Bottoms Up Bunny Cupcakes” are a combination of a traditional cupcake on the bottom (chocolate cake mix) and a cake pop bunny on the top (white cake mix). Of course, it is completely up to you if you want to switch up your bunny flavors and decoration. They are, after all, your bunnies!Ingredients1 box chocolate cake mix1…
