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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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Bavarian Cream Pie Day

Bavarian cream. Photo by Massimiliano Pieraccini | IST.   November 27th is National Bavarian Cream Pie Day. Bavarian cream is a 19th century creation that seems to have gone with the wind that closed out the 20th. We rarely see it on a menu or in a bake shop. Invention of the cold molded, gelatin-based…
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CHANUKAH: Build A Cookie Chanukah House

Manischewitz’s Chanukah House Kit. Photo courtesy Manischewitz.   For centuries, many children have celebrated Christmas by decorating a gingerbread house. While there’s nothing religious about it, it is a Christian tradition. Now, Jewish children have their own holiday house: a vanilla cookie house called—wait for it—Chanukah House. The Manischewitz Chanukah House Decorating Kit includes everything…
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