http://blog.thenibble.com Trends, Products & Items Of Note In The World Of Specialty Foods Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:47:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en November is National Pecan Month. Celebrate with some of our favorite pecan products: Charleston Cookie Company’s pecan chocolate chip cookies (a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week) Daphne pecan tarts, frozen and ready to defrost and serve (another Top Pick) Lula Belle’s yummy pecan toffee And a pecan brownie recipe from chocolatier Chuck Siegel ... http://blog.thenibble.com/2009/11/07/food-holiday-national-pecan-month/ Single malt or blended, preserve yourfavorite whiskeys with a preservativespray. Photo: CanStock.   The same nitrogen aerosol sprays used to prevent oxidation in opened bottles of wine can also be used to protect single-malt Scotch, Cognac and other precious spirits. Just spray into the bottle before returning it to the shelf: ... http://blog.thenibble.com/2009/11/07/tip-of-the-day-save-that-single-malt/ We eat lots of Mediterranean foods, often with pita bread from the supermarket that isn’t as flavorful as we’d like it to be. So when we spotted Canterbury Naturals flatbread mix, “just add oil and water,” we eagerly set out to bake our own flatbread (not with pockets like pita, ... http://blog.thenibble.com/2009/11/06/product-bake-flatbread-at-home/ Vosges’ Red Fire Ice Cream with ancho andchipotle chiles (plus cinnamon) lets you addsome fire to your chocolate ice cream. Then,pair it with brownies or chocolate cake!Photo courtesy Vosges Chocolat.   Match traditional desserts like apple pie, brownies, chocolate cake and pound cake with very modern flavors of ice cream. Vosges Chocolat’s ... http://blog.thenibble.com/2009/11/06/tip-of-the-day-traditional-cake-with-nouvelle-ice-cream/ Tanteo Tequila is the first spirit to become a Top Pick Of The Week—it’s that special. We tasted the three superpremium tequilas infused with chocolate, jalapeño and tropical flavors at a show filled with foods from big-name chefs. We were dazzled by Tanteo. Made with 100% blue agave tequila, Tanteo uses ... http://blog.thenibble.com/2009/11/05/top-pick-of-the-week-tanteo-tequila-in-chocolate-jalapeno-tropical-fruit/ Our favorite ice cube trays from ISI Orka keep ice cleaner and fresher and color-code our “specialty” ice cubes.   You can make festive ice cubes for holiday drinks without investing in special pumpkin- or holly leaf-shape ice cube trays. And you can do it more elegantly, too! Just freeze one ... http://blog.thenibble.com/2009/11/05/tip-of-the-day-holiday-ice-cubes/ Emeril Lagasse is about to debut a gourmet burger restaurant named Burgers And More, or ... BAM! The restaurant, set to open November 22nd in the Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, will specialize in burgers made from a blend of prime and grass-fed beef. Burgers And More will also ... http://blog.thenibble.com/2009/11/05/news-emeril-joins-the-gourmet-burger-lineup/ French Meadow Bakery’s Whole Grain Bread,Sandwich Bread and Italian Rolls. Photoby Hannah Kaminsky | THE NIBBLE.   French Meadow Bakery makes certified organic and gluten-free products that are casein-free, lactose-free and peanut-free, as well as kosher (parve). We recently tasted a selection of company’s gluten-free line of breads and cakes. When we taste ... http://blog.thenibble.com/2009/11/04/product-french-meadow-bakery-gluten-free-bread/ A simple-to-make, impressive first course is a smoked salmon roll filled with salmon caviar and crème fraîche. Ask the counter person to slice the salmon in wide pieces instead of narrow strips—explain that you’re going to fill the slices and roll them up like a cigar. 1. Spread the ... http://blog.thenibble.com/2009/11/04/tip-of-the-day-caviar-%e2%80%9ccigar%e2%80%9d-first-course/ Twice the size of a typical Anjou, Bartlettor Bosc pear, one juicy Royal Riviera pear isat least two fruit servings. Photo byHannah Kaminsky | THE NIBBLE.   We taste so many refined carbs in the course of our work day that we were thrilled to receive a gift box of Harry & ... http://blog.thenibble.com/2009/11/03/product-harry-david-royal-riviera-pears/