GOURMET CONTEST: Say It with Cheesecake

White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Cheesecake We don’t need too much encouragement to indulge in cheesecake. But The Cheesecake Factory is offering perks to entice customers to visit and visit again. (That is, perks on top of the permanent perk of the restaurant’s consistently good you-know-what.) Stop into your local Cheesecake Factory before Mother’s Day–that’s May…
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DISCOUNT: Heavenly Soufflé For Valentine’s Day

Want to send your sweetie (or Mom and Dad, for that matter) a sweet soufflé Valentine? It’s more creative than a box of chocolate, and in addition to Chocolate and Chocolate Mint, there are Raspberry and Pumpkin soufflés. Go to HeavenlySouffle.com and use coupon code Val2009. Read our review of Heavenly Soufflé, a NIBBLE Top…
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PRODUCT: Claire’s Squares

Bi-Rite’s specialty food store has a lovely chocolate section with many of our favorites, including Recchiuti, Michael Mischer, Vosges, Coco-luxe, Lillie Belle, and some specialty items we had never heard of but bought up to try. The most tempting looking, which we attempted to have for breakfast Saturday morning, are chocolatae shortbread and caramel squares,…
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RECIPES: Holiday Desserts With Egg Nog

Two flavors that represent the holiday season are egg nog and fresh-baked cookies. Now you can enjoy baking with egg nog, with these recipes for cookies, fudge and pound cake. Double your pleasure by serving the treats with a glass of egg nog. –Egg Nog Wreath Cookies Recipe –White Chocolate Egg Nog Fudge Recipe –Egg…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Delicieuse French Artisanal Ice Cream

Looking for a way to put the zing into Christmas dinner? Still haven’t found that gift for someone special? Want to start the new year with something new and noteworthy? We know what we’d like: a big shipment of Patricia Sampson’s artisan ice creams—cow’s and goat’s milk. Patricia sells her products under the brand name…
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