GOURMET GIVEAWAY: Win Gourmet Honey Mustards

Like honey? Then you’ll want to try these three our gourmet honey mustard dips from award-winning specialty food producer Robert Rothschild. There’s Raspberry Honey Mustard Pretzel Dip, Blackberry Honey Mustard Pretzel Dip, Honey Chipotle Pretzel Dip and for “dessert,” a Raspberry Chocolate Pretzel Dip. Also included is a book of exciting recipes, in case you’d…
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TODAY IN FOOD: It’s National Chocolate Mint Day

[1] Chocolate Chip Mint ice cream cone (photo © Hannah Kaminsky | Bittersweet Blog). [2] A cup of mint tea with a piece of chocolate (photo © Lindt). [3] Thin mint cookies. Here’s the recipe from The Food Charlatan.   February 19th is National Chocolate Mint Day. What is it with these government bodies that…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Gourmet Pot Luck

Invite food-loving friends to a fun, “pot luck” brunch, cocktails or coffee klatsch. Ask everyone to bring a favorite specialty food or beverage appropriate to the occasion, that the other guests would enjoy tasting. They’ll also need to bring the accoutrement(s) required to serve their food (e.g., bread or crackers for spreads, crudités for dips…
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NEWS: Guide Michelin Says The Best Food City In The World Is NOT Paris

The best restaurant city in the world has no Eiffel Tower. Photo of Tokyo by Yoichiro Nishimura | SXC.   Zut alors! By a huge margin, Guide Michelin, the French-owned restaurant-rating bible, has declared the finest food city in the world to be not Paris, not New York, not San Francisco…but Tokyo. Gastrotourists, get ready.…
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NEWS: New Butter Convenience From Land O Lakes

If you use salted butter, Land O Lakes has some new packaging that may make your life easier—or at least, keep your butter fresher. Butter is a very delicate product, and picks up flavors and scents adrift in your refrigerator. If you’re not a big butter user, and have a stick unwrapped for a couple…
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