TIP OF THE DAY: Your Best Cheese Plate Passion

Our favorite cheese course: four different goat cheeses. Photo courtesy Payard.com.   What’s your cheese passion? Are you singing the blues? Do you clamor for Cheddar? Do you pine for Parmigiano-Reggiano? We have a passion for goat cheese (chèvre). While variety may be the spice of life, nothing makes us happier at the dinner table…
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PRODUCT: The Best Mexican Chocolate

Chocolate lovers: Have you tried Mexican chocolate? Also called Oaxaca chocolate, Mexican chocolate is a cinnamon-scented sweet chocolate accented with cinnamon. Some varieties include clove, ground almonds and/or nutmeg. Mexican chocolate is used primarily to make hot chocolate, but it’s also an ingredient in pork rubs, as a seasoning for beans, and of course, in…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Grilled Hors d’Oeuvre

Grilled beef and horseradish-yogurt spread on a baguette. Photo courtesy Nature’s Flavours.   Even if you live in Maine, it’s still warm enough to grill outdoors. So the next time you have a cocktail party or a simple wine gathering, grill your hors d’oeuvre. (In French, “hors d’oeuvre” is used for both singular and plural…
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