PRODUCT: Jam For Inspector Clouseau

Jam in covert gift packaging. Photo courtesy Dept. Of Sweet Diversions.   With popular television franchises like CSI, Law & Order and NCIS, detective culture has finally seeped into specialty food. The perps (actually, they’re the good guys) moved from Europe to Los Angeles to form their artisan jam agency (“a top secret covert organization”).…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Blake Hill Preserves

One of the exquisite marmalades. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   Blake Hill Preserves is an artisan chutney, jam and marmalade producer based near historic Grafton Village in Vermont’s Green Mountains. There, a gifted duo traditionally crafts all-natural chutneys, jams and preserves with sophisticated modern, bright, fruit-forward flavors and marvelous textures. You can…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Gakwiyo Provisions Jams & Jellies

Gakwiyo means “good food” in the Cayuga Indian language. A few years ago the Cayuga Nation, headquartered in Seneca Falls, New York, began an initiative to can and preserve the fruits and vegetables that are grown on its ancestral lands. Patti Costello, manager of the initiative, explains that her goal was to make popular foods…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Try Arrope

Arrope syrup. There’s also an arrope preserve with pumpkin (see photo below). Photo courtesy Miel de Palma.   Arrope (ah-ROE-pay), a cooking and condiment syrup, is a product that few of us have in our kitchens. Yet, if you’re a serious cook (or eater), it’s an ingredient you should know about. If your parents are…
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FOOD FUN: Beer & Beer Nuts PB Sandwich

Beer Nuts and PB Sandwich. Photo by Theresa Raffetto | Peanut Butter & Co. Food styling by Matt Vohr.   For your St. Patrick’s Day consideration, how about a PB and Beer Nuts sandwich with your beer? Beer Nuts is a brand of peanuts with a sweet-and-salty glaze. They don’t contain beer. Rather, they were…
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