Year: 2009

GOURMET GIVEAWAY: Treetopia Designer Color Christmas Tree & MojaMix Custom-Made Cereal

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PRIZE #1: Four-Foot-Tall Designer Color Christmas Tree This year, why not march to the beat of a different drummer and rock around a designer color tree on Christmas morning? Deck your halls differently with a Christmas tree from Treetopia, a premiere resource for artificial Christmas trees with attitude. The pre-lit, stylish trees come in a…
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GIFTS: Bacon-Flavored Envelopes

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Lick the envelope—it tastes like bacon. Photo by Hannah Kaminsky | THE NIBBLE. Here’s a stocking stuffer that qualifies as unique: envelopes that look and taste like bacon. From J&D’s, the folks who brought you Bacon Salt, here are envelopes that anyone will want to lick. J&D’s Bacon-Flavored Mmmvelopes not only taste like bacon, they…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Foie Gras Variées

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[1] A slice of foie gras, known as a “scallop,” is briefly sautéed and served with peaches, marmalade and marigold salad (photo © Restaurant Daniel| NYC). [2] Foie gras-stuffed prunes (photo © Caviar Russe.   On festive occasions we serve “Foie Gras Variées,” a dinner plate comprising small amounts of different foie gras* preparations that…
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FOOD HOLIDAYS: National Lager Week For Beer Lovers

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Love your lager? This is the week to celebrate: It’s National Lager Beer Week. Lager (the German word for storage) refers to any beer made by bottom fermentation. It is usually golden in color but sometimes can be dark. Lager requires a longer, colder fermentation than ale (which is a top-fermenting beer), and uses a…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Exotic Fruit-Of-The-Month Club

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Divide a dragonfruit at the dinner table. Photo courtesy Melissas.com. Dragonfruit, Korean pears, pomegranates and cinnamon persimmons are just four fruits in season now that most people have never tried. Others, like cherimoya, jackfruit and coquitos are available year-round. You can give these fruits as gifts (Melissas.com has individual boxes and monthly “club” gifts). But…
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