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Try Biscoffee with your morning cup of Joe. Photo courtesy Biscoffee. If you like shortbread cookies, this week’s Gourmet Giveaway prize is right up your alley: gourmet shortbread infused with organic tea and coffee. The makers of Biscoffee have enhanced a classic Scottish shortbread recipe with ground organic and Fair Trade coffee beans to the…
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If you need a quick-and-easy yet sumptuous dessert, serve store-bought biscotti and mascarpone. The crunch of the biscotti and the luxuriousness of the super-creamy, slightly sweet mascarpone will be an instant hit. They’re perfect with coffee and tea. Who’d have thought that something so simple could be so addictively good? Find more of our favorite…
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April 18th is National Animal Crackers Day. THE HISTORY OF ANIMAL CRACKERS Animal crackers originated in England in the late 1800s, as animal biscuits. When, in 1889, P.T. Barnum decided to tour England with his circus, several manufacturers took advantage of a marketing opportunity and called the biscuits “Barnum’s.” The animal biscuits were exported…
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Our favorite: Cranberry Pecan cookies. Photo by Erika Meller | THE NIBBLE. In 1983, Jimmy Libman opened Gimmee Jimmy’s, selling gift tins of all-natural, certified kosher-dairy cookies. Over the years, the product offering grew; the bakery now provides baklava, biscotti, cakes, cookies, cupcakes, muffins and other desserts to restaurants and consumers. The bakery makes sure…
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Use it or lose it (or freeze it!). Photo courtesy KingArthurFlour.com. How long has that flour been in your pantry? While manufacturers are required to provide a “use by” date on the package, many people think that staples like flour will stay fresh for years. As a rule of thumb, whole wheat flour will go…
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