All About Dates

Using Dates in Fall Cooking Dates are a delicious part of many recipes and holidays, including Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the Jewish religion’s High Holy Days. Beyond its inclusion in the traditional breaking of the fast, dates are delicious in all sorts of fall cooking and baking. Sphinx Date Co. offers some delicious ways to incorporate dates into seasonal foods (and drinks!).

Dates are truly nature’s candy! While they are versatile enough to be used in both sweet and savory ways, Sphinx Date Co. is offering up some easy ways to incorporate them as natural sweetener in recipes in place of refined white sugar, honey or artificial sweeteners.

Easter is almost here and there’s no doubt families are planning their holiday feasts. Whether hosting an Easter brunch or dinner, there are many ways to level up the flavor and texture of a multitude of dishes with the addition of dates. Sphinx Date Co. offers some creative and simple ways to add dates to any Easter dish.

Ramadan began on the evening of Saturday, April 2 and will continue through sundown on Sunday, May 1. This 30-day period is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and serves as a time of fasting, prayer, reflection, giving and introspection. Sphinx Date Co. delves into this Muslim religious holiday and the role that delicious dates play in it!

With the official start of spring just days away, Sphinx Date Co. is getting in the spirit and lightening up for the season. It’s time to put away that crock pot and casserole dishes and instead mix up some salads and fire up the grill! During the spring, many people lighten up their meals and start incorporating more seasonal produce and salads. With that in mind, Sphinx Date Co. offers some spring snack and meal ideas that feature dates!

In addition to being super nutritious and delicious, dates are also very versatile. Here are ideas to get creative in the kitchen with dates!

Commonly considered the best natural sweetener in place of refined white sugar, dates still have their own sugar content.

Date fruits have been a huge part of the in the Middle Eastern cuisine for thousands of years — with evidence of their cultivation in ancient Mesopotamia as early as 4000BC. However, their introduction to America came much later; but historians’ beliefs on exactly when tend to differ

No, we’re not talking blind versus double – we’re talking varieties of dates, here! Today, we’re sharing a little information about the different kinds of dates we offer at Sphinx. Each variety has its own unique characteristics so read on and get educated on types of dates.

What was once thought of as a mystical fruit, only available in one neighborhood in Arcadia, is now appearing all over the Valley and beyond.