TIP OF THE DAY: Chocolate Whipped Cream

Chocolate whipped cream is a delicious change of pace. Photo courtesy VillageInn.com.   Today’s tip is for chocolate lovers: Make chocolate whipped cream. It takes an extra step, but the novelty—and the delectable flavor—are worth it. Use chocolate whipped cream to garnish a cake or pie, frost a cake or cupcakes or use as a…
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FOCUS: So You Want To Be A Food Writer?

This week we received an email from a young food blogger, who asked about writing opportunities at THE NIBBLE. She wanted to “gain industry experience.” We get frequent inquiries of this nature from people of all ages. Here’s our advice. There are limited career opportunities in food writing. If by “career” you mean an occupation…
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FOOD FUN: The Most Mispronounced Foods

It’s broo-SKET-tuh, not broo-SHET-tuh. Photo by Vitalina Rybakova | IST.   When we were young, there was a long-running ad for a self-improvement course that promised to make upwardly-aspirational Americans more cultured. One of the ads had this headline: “I’ll have a cup of expresso, please. And make it black.” There is no “expresso,” of…
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