GIFT: Port Jammers, A Should-Be Holiday Classic

Dorrie Greenspan, baker extraordinaire and cookbook author, is one of our baking heroes. We’re excited about her newly opened cookie boutiques, Beurre & Sel, in New York City. For the holidays, Dorrie has created a more sophisticated version of her popular Classic Jammers: Port Jammers, pairing Fonsecta Bin 27 ruby port with classic French sablés,*…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Bake Shortbread Cookies

If you only bake one type of cookie this season, bake shortbread. Buttery cookies beloved by both children and adults, shortbread is accessible yet sophisticated. Dipped into chocolate, the cookie becomes even more beloved. Serve them to guests, keep the stash for yourself, give it as gifts. This particular recipe, from GoBoldWithButter.com, a website of…
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GIFT: Cupcake Of The Month Club

What we want for Christmas: Yummy Cupcake’s Cupcake Of The Month Club. Photo by GG Merkel | THE NIBBLE.   At the top of our favorite cupcakes list are Yummy Cupcakes, a Los Angeles bakery that we‘re lucky hasn’t opened up down the block from us. Otherwise, we’d be creating a new 12-step program: Cupcake…
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GIFT: Gourmet Gluten Free Cookies & Truffles

Gluten-free glory. Photo courtesy Cake | Chicago.   While it may not be easy being green, it’s even worse to be gluten-free. When everyone else is enjoying cake and cookies, you’ve got to show restraint. Unless you’ve received a box of “defloured” cookies from Cake, an artisan bakery in Chicago. A gift box of three…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Belle Chevre Goat Cheese Cheesecake

This delicious cheesecake is part goat cheese, part cream cheese. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   When you review food for a living, you never have to worry about scrambling for gift ideas: The products present themselves all year long. So we’re coasting into the holiday season, giving luscious goat cheese cheesecakes to…
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