PRODUCT: Honeycrisp Apples

A glorious Honeycrisp apple. Photo courtesy A.A. Modts Apple Farm.   While October is National Apple Month and September 20th is International Eat An Apple Day, today is Eat A Red Apple Day. Our favorite apple is the Honeycrisp, developed at the University Of Minnesota and released in 1991. Beloved for its crisp flesh, juiciness…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Share A Favorite Gadget

For an inexpensive holiday gift or stocking stuffer, give one of your favorite kitchen gadgets—one that most people probably don’t have, but you wouldn’t want to be without. Last year for us it was a serrated peeler, two years ago a mushroom brush. But this year, it’s going to be a Wavy Knife from Crisp…
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GIFT: Teesy Weensy Microchip Cookies

It’s raining microchips: Hallelujah! Photo courtesy JK Chocolates.   Tiny cookies, 1/2-inch in diameter. When we first received them as a gift, we thought: What to do with these? Sprinkle them on ice cream? We’d rather eat one big cookie than fuss with tiny ones. But we were the minority opinion. Squeals of delight from…
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