ENTERTAINING: Best Halloween Cupcakes

The best Halloween cupcakes are those you make (or buy) yourself and then slip into these clever paper sleeves from Roundabouts Cupcake Sleeves. This witch, the most elaborate concept, tops the cupcake (behind the witch sleeve) with licorice strings and a chocolate-dipped ice cream cone. Other sleeve options include a skull (use with any white-frosted…
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CONTEST: Gourmet Giveaway~Cranberry Raisinets

Two antioxidants—chocolate and cranberry —combine in this tasty new snack. If only sugar were an antioxidant, too! Photo by Emily Chang | THE NIBBLE. October is National Cranberry Month, so enjoy this tart and tangy superfruit that boasts two powerful antioxidants. Fresh cranberries are coming into season, dried cranberries are always a treat and cranberry…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Balsamic Vinegar Dessert Sauce

Your balsamic vinegar can multitask as a dessert sauce: Strawberries drizzled with balsamic vinegar have been a classic Italian dessert for centuries. To go a step further, add cracked pepper and whipped cream or vanilla or chocolate ice cream (fig ice cream is great if you can find it or make it). Another balsamic dessert:…
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