"march" news and stories

I bet you were more than relieved when the final glittery colored Easter egg was found. Finally! A moment to relax from all the holiday-ing of March from St. Patrick's Day to the First Day of Spring to Easter. We're not looking at another food holiday until, what? Mother's Day in May?

Wrong. If you thought November and December were crazy holiday months, the real madness is March, which happens to be National [insert-food-here] Month for no less than seven different things. So get ready to throw a few more dinner parties and brunches to, uh celebrate?

First up, March is National Flour Month, which we at Slashfood are going to celebrate by not doing anything because in case you haven't been paying attention, the price of flour is going way way up. So we salute flour in all its luxury, but will be happy getting our carbohydrate requirements from potatoes.

Stay tuned over the next few days to see how we celebrate the rest of March is National [insert-food-here] Month!

You know how they say "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb?" Well, leave it to Martha Stewart to turn a proverb into a cupcake. Take a look at these "lions and lambs," ideal for a March baby shower or kids party.

The lambs have chubby mini-marshmallow cheeks and bubblegum noses, while the lions sport resplendent toasted coconut manes. Both are vanilla cupcakes with Swiss Meringue buttercream frosting (I've made Martha's buttercream many times before - it's a solid recipe).

Look forward to "April shower" and "May flower" cupcakes in the months to come. Having just driven through a mid-March snowstorm, I'm looking forward to the "lamb" part myself.

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