TIP OF THE DAY: Decorate With Fondant

Use fondant to make cupcakes that looklike Dad. Photo courtesy WhiptCream.com.   If you’ve been to enough weddings, you’ve probably had fondant. It’s used to cover cake, as an alternative to icing. What is fondant? Sometimes referred to as edible Play-Doh, fondant is a sugar and water mixture cooked to the soft-ball stage, then stirred…
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FATHER’S DAY GIFT IDEA: Fresh Oysters

You deserve fresh-picked oysters. Photoby James Antrim | IST.   Willapa Oysters are grown in beds in the cleanest estuary in America: Willapa Bay, in Oysterville (yes, Oysterville!), Washington. They’re picked and shipped to you the same day, avoiding the distribution chain, where they can sit and fade for 10 days or more. With Willapa,…
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FATHER’S DAY GIFT IDEA: Gary West, The Best Jerky

One of several gift packages of Gary West’s fine jerky. Photo courtesy Gary West.   If your favorite Dad likes jerky, the crème de la crème of jerky is made by Gary West, a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week. This premium jerky is so tender, it belongs in a specialized class we’ll call “The…
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FATHER’S DAY GIFT IDEA: The Best Whoopie Pies

You’ll want many bites of these whoopie pies. Photo by River Soma | THE NIBBLE.   We’ve had many a whoopie pie, and can attest that the absolute best are from artisan baker WannaHavaCookie. We wannahav lots of these cakelike cookies:* perfect recipes of moist cake and buttercream. Each one is a pillow of comfort…
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FATHER’S DAY GIFT IDEA: Handmade Italian Salame

Some foods, once tasted, can never be forgotten. Nothing will ever be as good. That’s how we feel about the handmade Italian salami (or salame, as it is properly called in Italy) from Creminelli Fine Meat of Seattle. The Creminelli family has been producing artisan meat products in Italy since the 1600. More recently, in…
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