PRODUCT: Sara Snacker Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies

We’ve written about Sara Snacker cookies in the past, a business that began a decade ago in Sara’s college dorm room in Arizona. These days, the mother of three runs her business from New York City. We enjoy most of the line very much, and are always happy when a new sample rolls in. This…
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RECIPE: Sparkling Cider Cocktail Or Mocktail

Make it as short or tall as you like. Photo courtesy Polar Seltzer.   It would be a shame to let apple cider season pass without having a cider cocktail or mocktail. You can buy sparkling cider, or you can make it by adding seltzer to regular cider, in this idea from Polar Seltzer. It…
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FOOD FUN: Halloween Hot Chocolate & More

Here’s a fun way to serve hot chocolate, whether for a party or family breakfast. You can use instant hot chocolate, or make it from scratch. RECIPE: Halloween Hot Chocolate Ingredients Prepared hot chocolate Whipped cream Peeps marshmallow cat, ghost or pumpkin Optional: Skewer to anchor marshmallow Optional: Seasonal spices: cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, rum extract…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Ways To Use Maple Syrup

We love real maple syrup—the kind that comes from maple trees. Most of the syrup purchased in supermarkets is called “breakfast syrup,” by law. It contains no real maple syrup—just artificial maple flavoring mixed with corn syrup (or worse, HFCS) and caramel coloring. Be sure the bottle says “100% real maple syrup.” Maple syrup has…
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HALLOWEEN: Creative Witch & Pumpkin Chocolate

We’ve seen a lot of Halloween chocolate, but the best molded chocolate of the season are from Li-Lac Chocolates in New York City: a witch carrying her jack-o’-lantern (at right) and a jack-o’-lantern filled with candy corn (photo below). Li-Lac, founded in 1923, is a Manhattan institution. Before the eruption of the artisan food movement…
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