GIFT: Chocolate Mint “Christmas Tree” Cookies

Chocolate peppermint Christmas tree cookies. Photo courtesy Mackenzie Ltd.   Shortly after we published a recipe for Chocolate Mint Christmas Cookies last week, we saw these tree-shaped cookies at MackenzieLtd.com. They’re sugar cookies instead of our butter cookies recipe (sugar cookies use a different type of shortening and thus don’t have buttery flavor). You can…
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BOOK: Thinking About A Culinary Career?

With all the media attention on superstar chefs, prime-time cooking shows and the evolved view of a gourmet chef from a behind-the-scenes craftsman to a lauded artist, many people dream of entering the culinary field. But as with everything else, behind the perceived glamor is a lot of grunt work. The authors of the new…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Decorate A Miniature Christmas Tree

A dwarf “Foodie” Christmas tree. Photo courtesy White Flower Farm.   You can find charming miniature (officially called dwarf) evergreen trees in stores and tree lots, typically undecorated. Create your own “food-lovers Christmas tree” for your home, or as a gift for friends and family who don’t have room for full-sized trees. Or, place the…
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GIFT OF THE DAY: Artisan Chocolate Bars

Recchiuti Confections, one of America’s finest chocolatiers, has expanded and redesigned its line of artisan chocolate bars so handsomely that just one bar makes a nice holiday gift for lovers of fine chocolate. The eight-bar line includes: Classic chocolate bars in Bittersweet, Semisweet, Dark Milk and Fève (the French word for cacao nib). Flavored chocolate…
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