TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: The Best Granola & Muesli

Our intrepid reviewer tasted her way through 49 granola and nine muesli brands to find the best—including gluten-free, kosher, organic and raw varieties. Wow, that’s a lot of fiber! The good news: Seven granolas and four mueslis were selected as “favorites.” In this review, you’ll discover: The difference between granola and muesli If granola is…
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STOCKING STUFFER & YEAR-ROUND TREAT: Sun Cups

If you love peanut butter, you may have the same reaction we do when we hear of someone with a peanut allergy: “I’m so sorry.” Those who know the joys of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or peanut butter cups empathize with those who can’t have them. But everyone can have sunflower butter! Sunflower…
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PRODUCT UPDATE: Lucy’s, One Of The Best Gluten Free Cookies

Three new flavors of yummy gluten-free Lucy’s Cookies. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   When we write about a product that is gluten-free, sugar-free or otherwise targeted to restricted diets, we apply the same standards as we do to everything else we sample: It has to taste really good to a general audience.…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Popchips Healthy Potato Chips

  In 2007, we were one of the first to discover Popchips and make it a Top Pick Of The Week. Over the years, we’ve had many a potato chip, but none as guilt-free and delicious as Popchips. They have half the fat but all of the flavor. Super-crunchy, they’re fun as well as fabulous.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Crunchy & Sophisticated, Japanese Rice Crackers As Cocktail Snacks

People are coming over for drinks—just drinks. What should you serve as a nibble? Our favorite from-the-bag cocktail snack has got to be Japanese rice crackers, specifically the chic little rolls wrapped in seaweed. They’re called nori maki arare in Japanese: seaweed roll cracker. While we’ve never met a rice cracker we didn’t like—they are…
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