JULY 4th: Bipartisan Truffle Party Favors

Party line party favors for July 4th. Photo courtesy Choclatique.   If your crowd spends a preponderance of time discussing politics, serve some of these clever chocolates for July 4th. Made by the creative L.A. chocolatier Choclatique, white chocolate shells are filled with chocolate ganache and topped with colored white chocolate donkey and elephant medallions…
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PROUCT: Sweetly Demented Chocolate

Does chocolate have a sinister side? For sure! At Sweetly Demented Chocolate, it’s creepy and it’s kooky, mysterious and spooky. There are white chocolate skulls filled with chocolate ganache, with brains that are filled with raspberry ganache. There are standalone brains, red-colored white chocolate filled with chocolate ganache. Sink your teeth into some eerie Bye…
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TIP OF THE DAY & BOOK: The Art Of Beef Cutting

If you love beef, you can save money (and perhaps discover a new hobby) by butchering primal cuts. Photo courtesy Wiley.   Our tip of the day is to beef lovers: savor the rib-eye cap (more about that below). You’ll learn about it in this new book on butchering beef at home. Of all members…
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FATHER’S DAY GIFT: Custom-Engraved Johnnie Walker Scotch

Engrave your Father’s Day message on a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue Label. Photo courtesy Johnnie Walker.   If the dads on your Father’s Day gift list drink Scotch, they’d be very happy to receive a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue Label. There are nine expressions of Johnnie Walker, including the more prevalent (and more…
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FATHER’S DAY GIFT: Homemade Pork Rinds Kit

Love pork rinds? Make your own. Photo courtesy Rudolph Foods.   For the next 10 days or so, we’ll be featuring ideas for Father’s Day gifting. Some, like this “Make Your Own Pork Rinds” kit, are certain to be long remembered. Rudolph Foods, the world’s largest manufacturer of pork rinds, has put together a “make your…
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