Year: 2010

GIFT OF THE DAY: Gourmet Chocolate Truffles

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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

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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

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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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