ENTERTAINING: Super Email Invitations From Paperless Post

Many people forgo snail mail and use email to send invitations and announcements. We get lots of Evites. But for a special occasion, consider springing for the classy email invitations from Paperless Post. These online invitations look just like custom-engraved invitations from the most expensive stationer. But they’re HTML instead of paper. Just click and…
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GOURMET GIVEAWAY: Laurent Vals Chocolate

Almost too pretty to eat! Photo by Corey Lugg | THE NIBBLE. If you appreciate fine chocolate, don’t pass up this opportunity to enter this week’s Gourmet Giveaway contest, sponsored by Laurent Vals Chocolates. A NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week, Laurent’s colorful chocolates are not only sculptural—a tiny, edible modern art gallery in a…
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TIP OF THE DAY: You CAN Have Cheese!

This tip is for lactose-intolerant people who avoid cheese. Even if you are lactose intolerant, you can enjoy cheese—it just needs to be aged cheese. In the cheese-making process, the liquid whey, which contains most of the lactose, is separated from the curd (the solids in the milk—they look like large-curd cottage cheese). Yet there…
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PRODUCT: Hellman’s Light Mayonnaise With Cage-Free Eggs

Same mayo but more humane. Photo courtesy Hellmann’s. Hellmann’s is using 100% certified cage-free eggs in its Hellmann’s Light Mayonnaise product in North America. (The brand is known as Best Foods west of the Rockies). With more people attuned to what’s in their food and where it comes from, as well as the humane treatment…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Soften That Ice Cream

For all the times you’ve struggled with scooping hard ice cream from the container, the solution is so simple: Leave the container on the counter to soften for 10 minutes or more. Some people zap the pint or quart in the microwave. There’s another bonus: Softened ice cream tastes so much better than rock-hard ice…
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