TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Spread Peanut Butter & Almond Butter

Some people are specialists who do what they do better than anyone else. Like Spread. Spread’s specialty is luxury peanut butter and almond butter. How luxurious? One variety has edible gold flakes. But most are slightly less ornately-embellished PB and AB. Four ounces of nut butter cost $12.00 or $13.00, the PB/AB equivalent, ounce-per-ounce, of…
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GOURMET GIVEAWAY: Hickory Farms & Two Entertaining Books

You could serve the Hickory Farms beef on the crackers included in the gift box or with bread. Photo courtesy Anton Shevtsov | Stock Exchange.   Just because you’re counting down to the holidays doesn’t mean you don’t have two minutes to enter this week’s Gourmet Giveaway—especially when the prizes are holiday-related! PRIZE #1: Hickory…
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RECIPES: Holiday Cookies

Have you baked Christmas cookies yet? Take a look at our eight luscious cookie recipes, including: Apple Cider Buttons Almond Butter Buckeyes Pistachio Biscochitos Wintermint Wafers Bananas Foster Bars Gold Rush Bars Chocolate Butter Pecans Mount Rainier Macaroons It’s a great time of the year to teach children how to bake. They can give the…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Holiday Marys

Serve a variety of Marys at your holiday party with a different garnish for each: scallions, celery, fennel or carrots. Photo by S. Mario | Fotolia. When planning a holiday cocktail party, consider a Bloody Mary bar with everything from Virgin Marys to variations like: The Bloody Bull, with beef bouillon The Blood Mariner, with…
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GIFTS: For The Chocolate Connoisseur (Or Chocoholic)

Still shopping for the right gift? Almost anyone would welcome a box of artisan chocolates. They’d be thrilled to get something fabulous from a chocolatier they’ve never heard of, whom you’ve hunted down. So hunt down something on our list of favorite chocolatiers of the year: Antoine Amrani Chocolates, a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The…
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