TIP OF THE DAY: Super-Rich Cocoa & Hot Chocolate

For an extra-rich cup of cocoa or hot chocolate, always use whole milk, and stir a teaspoon or more of unsalted butter into each cup at the end, until it dissolves. This produces a better result than using cream or half-and-half to make the cocoa. The butter transforms average cocoa into a good cup, and…
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FREEBIE: Free Shipping From Rick’s Picks Artisan Pickles

Get free shipping through October 31 plus a new Bloody Mary recipe. Photo courtesy of RicksPicksNYC.com. Our favorite pickle perfectionist, Rick’s Picks, is offering FREE SHIPPING in the contiguous U.S. (that’s the same as the Lower 48) through the end of the month, on orders of 4 jars or more. (It’s very easy to devour…
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PRODUCT: Annie Chun’s Noodle Bowls & Soup Bowls

Annie Chun’s has introduced new flavors in its Noodle Bowl and Soup Bowl lines. Both products can offer a good fast food fix when we’re hankering for something Chinese right away and don’t want to order from our nearby Chinese restaurant—we end up over-ordering and paying four or five times the price of a bowl…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Pumpkin Table Settings

Scatter miniature pumpkins and gourds to dress up the dining table from October through Thanksgiving weekend. They also can be used to hold place cards: Either cut a slit on the top with a sharp knife to insert the card, or use strong double-stick tape to affix it. See our favorite Halloween chocolates, which can…
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PRODUCT: New Siblings For Bacon Salt

The Bacon Salt family. Photo by Hannah Kaminsky | THE NIBBLE. When Bacon Salt debuted two years ago, we loved the idea. While the founders looked at it as “bacon flavor everywhere,” we delighted in the idea of “kosher, vegetarian bacon flavoring for those who can’t have bacon.” But we never found the salt bacony…
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