SuckerPunch Pickle Packets For National Pickle Day

[1] SuckerPunch pickles are a convenient, low-calorie snack, shown here with Destihl SuckerPunch Dill Pickle Sour Beer (all photos © SuckerPunch Gourmet). [2] Pickles at the pool. [3] Pickles in the kitchen. Snack away1   Snack A Pickle Time, September 13th, is a more unusually named food holiday. There’s also Shape Up With Pickles Time,…
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Clif Family Wine Jelly, With Fine Wine You Can Taste & Smell

We have always enjoyed a nice jar of wine jelly, but no matter which brand we tried, we were always left with the thought: Shouldn’t “wine jelly” taste more like wine? After 20-some years since tasting our first wine jelly, our question has been answered by Clif Family, and it’s no surprise why: Clif Family…
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Brownwood Farms Dill Pickle Ketchup & Dill Pickle Mustard

[1] Hot dog with ketchup and mustard (photo © Milan | Pexels). [2] Brownwood Farms Dill Pickle Mustard, adding more tang and texture to whole-grain mustards (photos #2 and #3 © iGourmet). [3] Dill pickle ketchup.   We’re not far away from barbecue season. One way to add pizzazz to conventional burgers, hot dogs, and…
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Biquinho Chile Peppers From Brazil, A Treat Pickled Or Raw

Move over peppadews: There’s a new mini chile to add panache to your food. Introducing binquino, a petite chile pepper that’s native to Brazil and sold in the US. Rating from 1,000 to 2,000 on the Scoville heat scale, it packs a wee punch—about the same as ground chili powder. The biquinho (bee-KEEN-yo), also known…
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GIFT IDEA: Smoked Mushroom Garum For The Serious Cook

Noma’s Smoked Mushroom Garum was the first product for home cooks from Noma Projects, a food lab that was opened last year by the innovative, 3-Michelin-star Noma restaurant in Copenhagen. Introduced earlier this year in the U.S., it quickly sold out. The latest batch is on the verge of selling out, so see if this…
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