TIP OF THE DAY: Use White Chocolate Instead Of Candy Melts

Many people use candy melts, a.k.a. candy coating, to make their confections. While they’re easy to use and come in many colors, frankly, candy melts don’t taste anywhere near as good as real chocolate.   WHAT ARE CANDY MELTS? Candy melts are made to emulate white chocolate, which is then tinted. But they replace the…
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PRODUCT: Danny Macaroons For Passover & All Year ‘Round

Before there were macarons, the popular French meringue cookie sandwiches, there were macaroons. The chewy, gluten-free* coconut cookies are a delight year-round, but especially appreciated by Passover observers. Made of shredded coconut, sweetened condensed milk, and egg whites—without the flour or leavening that are verboten during this holiday—they happily replace other baked sweets. Dan Cohen…
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RECIPE: A Classic Key Lime Pie For Pie Day, 3.14

Today, 3/14*, has been named Pi Day: 3.14. As you learned in high school geometry, the Greek symbol is used in mathematics to represent the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, a constant which begins with 3.14159.     THE HISTORY OF PI DAY Pi Day was founded by physicist Larry…
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