GOURMET NEWS: Are You In “Knead?”

Move over, Butterball, there’s a new hotline in town. For the third year, The Crisco Pie Hotline is helping bakers in “knead” of a little pie baking advice. Last year’s most commonly asked questions were: -“How do I prevent the bottom of my pumpkin pie crust from becoming soggy?”-“How long can I freeze my unbaked…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: One Girl Cookies

Chocolate mocha sandwich Cecilia and cousin Louisa, filled with lemon cream. One day, one girl decided to leave her career at the prestigious Barney’s New York fashion temple to pursue the artisan craft of baking. After two holiday seasons testing the waters by making tea cookies in her tiny West Village apartment, the girl, Dawn,…
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HOLIDAYS: Have A Gourmet Halloween

  There are Halloween cookies everywhere, but if you need to please a discriminating palate, head over to CRRichDesign.com, a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week (read our review). Her seasonal collection includes Enjoy our Halloween Treats, which includes a more delicious rendition of the usual Halloween creatures: a dark chocolate cookie cat with black…
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NEWS: Haagen-Dazs Downsizes Pints

The 16-ounce Haagen-Daz pint: soon to be history. Maybe no one noticed when yogurt when from 8 ounces to 6 ounces. But will Haagen-Dazs lovers take note when the iconic pint downsizes to 14 ounces, beginning in March, 2009? Faced with increasing cost of ingredients, many manufacturers must choose to raise prices or put less…
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NEWS: Polling For America’s Favorite Dessert

Take a break from the Republicans and Democrats. The Pillsbury Campaign for a Sweeter America has announced that Cake and Brownies have received the people’s nomination to run for the nation’s favorite dessert. The announcement comes after a nine-city primary campaign tour with the Pillsbury Doughboy to Asheville, NC, Baltimore, Boston, Chicato, Columbus, OH, Troy,…
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