GIFT OF THE DAY: Christmas Lima Beans

Make Christmas Lima Beans part of your holiday. Photo by River Soma | THE NIBBLE. Phaseolus lunatus (FAZ-ee-oh-lus loo-NAY-tus) isn’t any old bean. It’s the Christmas Lima Bean. And it makes a great stocking stuffer, party favor or small gift for just about anybody. A cream-colored bean with dark burgundy markings, the Christmas Lima doesn’t…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Mint Water For The Holidays

Yesterday we received a wonderful holiday gift—a sampler of all of the flavors of Metromint Water. In a couple of hours, we’d consumed the Goodberrymint Water and the Spearmint Water, and we took Orangemint Water to the movies last night. Metromint is one of our favorite no-calorie treats. It’s available nationwide or online, where a…
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RECIPE: Gold & Caviar Nougat Cream

Forget salted caramel: We want the Czar’s ice cream and caviar parfait. Photo by Igor Dukhnovskyi | Russian Tea Room. Looking for a spectacular, luxurious dessert for New Year’s Eve? Something no one has had before? Something people will be talking about for years? Look no further than the menu at New York’s legendary Russian…
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NEWS: Fiji Water Has Trouble In Paradise

Ah, controversy. We were catching up on our in-box and were startled to find that Fiji Water announced on November 30th that it was ceasing operations in Fiji. It later announced that the plant would reopen. A deep underground aquifer on the South Pacific island nation has been the source of one of the world’s…
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GIFT OF THE DAY: Cheese Gift Basket

If you’re sending a cheese gift basket, send the best. The award-winning Mozzarella Company in Dallas, Texas, led by the gifted artisan cheesemaker Paula Lambert, makes some of the best cheeses in the world. We love all of her products, which were a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week (read the review). There are gift…
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