FOOD FUN: Fall Leaf Cookies

Make shortbread leaves in the colors of fall. Photo courtesy Craftsman and Wolves | San Francisco.   If you want to bring something homemade to your Thanksgiving hosts—but they don’t need another pie—bake leaf-shaped shortbread cookies in fall colors. These were made by the wonderful San Francisco Bakery, Craftsman and Wolves. Click on the links…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Homemade Cranberry Vodka

Should you change your vodka for the holidays? Some vodka producers make seasonal flavors. Pinnacle Vodka, for example, has a portfolio of holiday flavors that include Caramel Apple, Pecan Pie, Pumpkin Pie and Peppermint Bark. Finlandia, Skyy and Smirnoff make cranberry vodka. Maybe you’ll be luckier than we’ve been in finding it. So here’s another…
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PRODUCT & TOUR : The Angry Orchard Cider Experience

Here’s the question: Why is Angry Orchard cider angry? You learn that the name reflects the apple varieties used to make hard cider*, some of which are not as pretty as eating apples, and therefore “angry.” Or that the trees get gnarled as they age. That might be true with the cider apples imported from…
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