TIP OF THE DAY: Spinach Salad With Apples & Figs

Popeye ate spinach because it made him strong: It’s a very good source of dietary fiber and protein, lots of vitamins (A, B6, C, E [alpha tocopherol], K, folate, riboflavin, thiamin), calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus and potassium…and a good source of niacin and zinc. On top of the nutrition, spinach makes a wonderful…
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NEW PRODUCT: Vosges Chocolate Bacon Pancakes

Instead of bacon with your pancakes, you can now have bacon in your pancakes—and chocolate, too. What’s new in pancakes? Chocolate chip’s been done, so how about chocolate with bacon? With a chocolate bacon craze sweeping the nation, it was only time before Vosges Haut Chocolat, the makers of Mo’s Bacon Bar (our favorite bacon…
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CONTEST: Best Macaroni & Cheese Contest

Our favorite contest is on again—favorite because it produces the best macaroni and cheese recipes we’ve ever had. We publish each year’s winners on TheNibble.com. If you think your homemade macaroni and cheese recipe rocks, enter it in the fifth annual Tillamook Macaroni and Cheese Recipe Contest. Six home cooks (no professionals!) from around the…
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Top Pick Of The Week: Ruby Et Violette Cookie Dough Ice Cream

First Kiss—salted caramel ice cream—could keep someone kissing until the pint is empty. What can you say about a company that’s the only four-time honoree as a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week? More, please! And more! This week, the Top Pick Of The Week honors go to Ruby et Violette’s luxurious cookie dough ice…
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RECIPES: Gourmet Martinis—From Guava To Black Truffle

The original martini called for gin and vermouth. Gin is a complex spirit, and part of the enjoyment of a gin martini is savoring the layering of botanical flavors in the gin. But with the rise in popularity of neutral-flavored vodka in the 1980s, the vodka martini has morphed into an endless parade of full-flavored…
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