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Think pink and give Mom rosé Champagne or other rosé wine. Roses have become a bit clichéd as a floral gift. With no disrespect, there are other lovely flowers out there. And for Mother’s Day, the prices for roses are sky-high. Here’s a better idea: give Mom rosé instead of roses. “Rosé,” or blush wine,…
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Kakawa Cocoa Beans from Cocoa Puro. Photo by Kent Lacin | Cocoa Puro. With Mother’s Day little more than a week away, our friend Tom Pederson of Cocoa Puro, creator of the wonderful Kakawa Cocoa Beans, reminds us that “the mother of all cacao” came from the area of what is today the largest city…
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Mother’s Day is May 9th, less than three weeks away. It’s the second-biggest chocolate-buying holiday, after Valentine’s Day. We make gift giving easy: Send Mom a box of chocolates from one of our Top Pick Of The Week artisan chocolatiers. What does it take to get chosen as a Top Pick Of The Week chocolate?…
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Our favorite carrot juice is from Biotta,a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week. Photo by Corey Lugg | THE NIBBLE. What does the Easter bunny drink? Carrot juice cocktails! Well, not really, but it’s a fun concept for Easter cocktails. FOR KIDS: Serve a Peter Cottontail Cocktail, carrot juice with a squeeze of lime…
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A boneless, hickory-smoked ham from HamIAm.com. When we were an agrarian society, every farm or homestead had its own smokehouse to smoke the family’s food. In the days before refrigeration, smoked food was a key way to preserve meat and fish. Over Lent, when no pork was consumed, hams were left to cure. The hams…
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