CONTEST: This Week’s Gourmet Giveaway Is Fruit

With Thanksgiving coming up, you could win a cornucopia of healthy gourmet food: choice fruit, nuts and cheese plus a keepsake “horn of plenty” basket to use as holiday decor. Enter THE NIBBLE’s weekly Gourmet Giveaway. All you have to do is answer a few fun trivia questions; you don’t even have to get them…
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NEWS: World’s Most Expensive Restaurants

Grant Achatz flight of hearts of Palm at Alinea in Chicago. See the rest of the Cuisine Gallery at AlineaRestaurant.com.   If we won the lottery, we’d take our main squeeze and our four best friends on a tour of these top temples of cuisine, named by Forbes Magazine as the 12 most expensive restaurants…
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NEWS: Starbucks Airs First TV Commercials

Starbucks is breaking its first national TV ad campaign today. As reported in Advertising Age, the first of three animated 30-second spots will appear on cable networks, followed by two additional spots that launch on November 26th. Some of the spots are expected to run on network TV as well. The campaign, called “Pass the…
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PRODUCT REVIEW: Sticky Fingers Easy Scone Mixes

Just add water: It’s ready in 12 minutes.   We’re not too keen on most scones—they’re dry, crumbly and leaden, requiring a slathering of butter and jam. But Sticky Fingers Bakeries has pulled off a minor miracle, with a line of English scone mixes that are moist, flavorful and ready to eat in less than…
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QUESTION: What’s The Best Cut Of Beef For Jerky?

A reader of THE NIBBLE online magazine was checking out our Beef Glossary to determine the best cut of beef to use for making beef jerky at home. It’s a great glossary, but doesn’t get that granular. So we posed the question to Paul Murdoch, president of Gary West, which makes the most outstanding beef…
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