GIFT: Back-To-School Cookie Gift

School has never been so tasty. Photo courtesy OneToughCookie.com. Need a treat to celebrate the beginning of the school year? One Tough Cookie, which actually makes very tender cookies, has a solution for your favorite back-to-schooler or teacher. The hand-decorated, buttery shortbread cookies are sure to please. (“I feel like my freezer is empty if…
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CONTEST: Puff Pastry Recipes

As food writers, we spend most of the day tasting and reviewing products. We do a lot of cooking and baking and explore new ways to use ingredients. Recently, we joined the Pepperidge Farm Recipe Challenge that invites bloggers to test their creativity with puff pastry. The challenge is not only to create an original…
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PRODUCT: Star Wars Cookie Cutters

Want to teach boys to bake, but find them resistant? Star Wars cookie cutters, exclusively at Williams-Sonoma, might be the motivator. Four cookie cutters that produce Yoda, Darth Vader, Boba Fett and a Stormtrooper are $19.95. Note that beautiful cookies don’t emerge from the oven: This is a lesson in decorating as well as baking.…
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GOURMET GIVEAWAY: Be-Bop Biscotti

These chocolate-dipped varieties are ready to party! Photo courtesy Be-Bop Biscotti. Crunchy biscotti are a good everyday snack. But when they’re covered with white or dark chocolate, they are ready to party. The winner of this week’s Gourmet Giveaway will be able to indulge in (or share) 18 chocolate-covered biscotti, courtesy of Be-Bop Biscotti. Be-Bop…
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