Category: Holidays & Occasions

STOCKING STUFFERS: Dandies Peppermint Marshmallows, Little Secrets Peppermint Pieces

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Today’s stocking stuffers are for mint lovers.   1. DANDIES PEPPERMINT MARSHMALLOWS Dandies Peppermint Marshmallows are a limited-edition holiday treat. Dandies are all-natural, gelatin-free, vegan marshmallows. There’s no high fructose corn syrup or anything artificial: Cane sugar and tapioca syrup are used. Vegan marshmallows taste just like conventional marshmallows, but tapioca starch is used instead…
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Sangria With Port, The History Of Port & Types Of Port

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[1] Make a holiday sangria using Ruby Port. The recipe is below (all photos © Sandeman). [2] You can serve sangria from a punch bowl as a Christmas punch, but the easiest way is to pour from a pitcher. [3] Sandeman Founders Reserve, a ruby port, can be used in numerous cocktails, many on the…
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RECIPE: Pumpkin Spice Hummus

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[1] Pumpkin spice hummus (both photos © Hatherleigh Press). [2] Love hummus? Beyond a dip and spread, there are many recipes in this hummus cookbook. Get your copy here.   As a frequent purchaser or flavored hummus, we often look at the eight-ounce containers as one serving, possibly 1.5. In terms of the “serving size”…
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PUMPKIN & CHOCOLATE RECIPES: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cake, Sweet Potato Chocolate Chip Bread

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[1] A Pumpkin Bundt Cake, studded with chocolate chips and walnuts (photos #1 and #3 © North Carolina Sweet Potato Commision). [2] Make sure to buy pumpkin puree, and not pumpkin pie filling. The latter has sugar and spices mixed in (photo © Jessica Gavin | Culinary Scientist). [3] Looking for something lighter? Try this…
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GIFT: Lady M Mille Crepe Cake

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Our favorite cake is probably the Mille Crêpe Cake from Lady M Confections, a cake boutique with six locations in Manhattan and more around the country. We say probably, because if you put us in front of a cake buffet, the first thing we’d eat would be the Mille Crêpe Cake. The name translates to…
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