TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Blue Bandana Chocolate Bars

New artisan chocolate bars. Photo courtesy Lake Champlain Chocolates.   Looking for an Easter gift for a chocolate connoisseur? Check out Blue Bandana chocolate bars from Lake Champlain Chocolates, one of our favorite producers of fine chocolate candies. Third-generation chocolatier Eric Lampman developed the bean-to-bar chocolate, using single origin cacao beans from Guatemala and Madagascar.…
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY RECIPE: Corned Beef & Cabbage Potato Salad

Here’s a charming twist on corned beef and cabbage created by PotatoGoodness.com: Turn it into a potato salad! You can serve it with anything from a sandwich at lunch, to dinner—whether your dinner is hot corned beef and cabbage, grilled fish, a burger or anything that goes well with potato salad. For year-round feasting, leave…
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Bruschetta & Crostini: The Difference & Delicious Recipes

Bruschetta and crostini are two variations on a centuries-old food from Tuscany. Crostini are popular hors d’oeuvres that can be floated atop a bowl of soup, while the much larger bruschetta can be served as a snack, a side to that bowl of soup, or a first course on its own. They first entered the…
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