MOTHER’S DAY IDEAS: Gourmet Gifts

There are just six shopping days left until Mother’s Day. Still stuck for a special gift idea? Take a look at these luscious gifts: beautiful chocolates, cakes and, for yoga moms, gingerbread cookies in yoga positions. If Mom prefers her chocolate in small bites, Intemperantia Chocolate makes petite chocolate truffles in addition to regular sizes.…
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PRODUCT: Bobby Sue’s Nuts

Dry roasted and seasoned, we’re hooked onBobby Sue’s “Some Like It Hot” nuts.Photo courtesy Bobby Sue’s Nuts.   A reader recently directed us to Bobby Sue’s Nuts, calling them the best nuts she’d ever had. While we’ve tried far too many brands of nuts to make that pronouncement, Bobby Sue’s is certainly up there in…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Cinnamon Toast

Did your mom make you cinnamon toast on school days or weekends? Ours did, and we can still smell and taste each piece that she lovingly sprinkled with her blend of sugar and cinnamon – a blend she premixed and stored in the type of specialty jar also used to sprinkle grated cheese. Every morning,…
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PRODUCT: Lychee White Tea

Fragrant and luscious, this tasty teaneeds no added sugar. Photo courtesyChoice Organic Tea.   The lychee (pronounced LIE-chee, not LEE-chee, after the Chinese lai chi) is one of the most popular fruits in Southern China. The evergreen grows wild in southern China, northern Vietnam and Cambodia, although there is evidence that it has been cultivated…
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MOTHER’S DAY GIFT IDEA: Sugar (Order Today For Standard Delivery)

If you want to send a gift to your mother, grandmother, sister, aunt or other favorite mom, today’s the last day you can order with standard five-day delivery. Tomorrow is possible, but it gets iffy to guarantee delivery by Saturday. (Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 8th.) We’d like to recommend these exquisite, hand-crafted balls of…
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