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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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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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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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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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Celebrate the holidays with a special sparkling water. Photo courtesy GlobalPackageGallery.com. Quite a few people choose water as a drink (or as their third drink) at parties and holiday feasts. We try to minimize our carbon footprint, so our daily water is tap water or SodaStream-carbonated water. But on special occasions, we treat guests…
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