TIP OF THE DAY: Cheese Tasting With Fruit & Nut Bars

Dried fruits and nuts are frequently served with the cheese plate because the flavors and textures are so complimentary. Make your holiday cheese plate even more festive by adding slices of fruit and nut bars. We’ve been serving KIND bars, an in-depth assortment of flavors that pair beautifully with cheese. From the KIND Fruit &…
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GIFT OF THE DAY: Gourmet Chocolate Truffles

Each bite is a chocolate “experience” (photo courtesy Delysia.com).   Good things come in small packages, especially when the package contains Delysia Chocolates. Nine of Delysia’s beautiful little truffles—square chocolate shells filled with seasonally-flavored ganache and beautifully decorated—are tucked into a four-inch-square scarlet box. The bright red box tied with a white satin ribbon is…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Stop Apples From Turning Brown

How do you keep a sliced apple from turning brown? (Here’s why apples turn brown.) Our grandmother dipped the slices into a solution of lemon juice and water. But the experts at the U.S. Apple Association recommend fortified apple juice, a better alternative not available to Granny (or to Mom, either). The vitamin C that…
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GIFT OF THE DAY: Kids’ Cooking Set

Help turn your favorite kid into a curious chef. Photo courtesy CuriousChef.com. As the Chinese proverb so wisely states, give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Hand a kid a meal and he never learns to cook. Teach…
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