TREND: The Next Thing In A Fresh Cookie?

The Sweet Flour Bake Shop in Toronto is at the vanguard of something we haven’t seen before: cookies and muffins custom-baked with your choice of mix-ins, prepared while you wait—in as little as two minutes. You can create just one cookie or take home a dozen. Do the math, and you get 15,000 different combinations—a…
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GIFT OF THE DAY: A Family Of Custom Gingerbread Cookies

We hate to rush the holidays, but now that Christmas decorations appear in stores the day after Halloween, we feel we’re already two weeks out of step. So today we launch our Gift Of The Day series. THE NIBBLE editors have selected almost 100 gifts in 11 gift list categories from cookies and chocolate to…
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RECIPE: Harvey Wallbanger

The Harvey Wallbanger. Photo by Jay Keaton | Wikimedia. November 8th is National Harvey Wallbanger Day, a cocktail made with the Italian herbal liqueur Galliano (more formally, Liquore Galliano L’Autentico) plus vodka and orange juice (a Screwdriver with Galliano). Galliano was created in 1896 and named after an Italian war hero, Giuseppe Galliano. But what…
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ENTERTAINING: Cookie Exchange Party

We can’t wait for Christmas cookies! Photo courtesy Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. Get the recipe. Do you host cookie exchange parties for the holidays? Then apply to receive a Party Pack from Hershey’s. One thousand winners will receive: One Hershey’s holiday apron Three packages of Hershey’s Kisses chocolates One container of Hershey’s Cocoa One box…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Cheesecake Water Bath

If you like to bake cheesecake (and we love to!), you know that a water bath, or bain-marie, keeps the cheesecake top from cracking. If you’ve never used a bain-marie: All you have to do is set the springform pan into a roasting pan filled with warm water. As the cheesecake cooks, the moisture from…
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