RECIPE: Chocolate Fondue With Sugar & Spice & Everything Nice

Chocolate cake… chocolate ice cream… chocolate mousse… chocolate soufflé… chocolate bars… and boxes and boxes of chocolate truffles and bonbons. What about hot melted chocolate? We’re in the midst of a fondue renaissance. But rather than drag out the fondue pot and dip marshmallows, cake and fruit into melted chocolate (not that there’s anything wrong…
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SUPER BOWL: Splurge On Pickles

Don’t blow your New Year’s resolutions on fattening Super Bowl food this Sunday. Buy yourself a Pickle Pack from Rick’s Picks and indulge on low-calorie, high fiber, high-taste artisan pickles. The all-cuke Pickle Power Pack is currently on sale for $29.95; although if you’re in the chips, we also love the Pickle Party Pack for…
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ENTERTAINING: Cheese Wafers With Cocktails

Planning a party to celebrate Martin Luther King’s birthday? Why serve another “same old, same old” cheese plate, when you can thrill your guests with Mamie’s Cheese Wafers? Cheese wafers are a southern favorite. Dr. King would approve. -Read the review of Mamie’s Cheese Wafers. -Find more snacks in our Hors D’Oeuvres & Cocktail Snacks…
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RECIPES: Chocolate Christmas Cakes

Wondering what to serve your guests for dessert on Christmas? Here, we have two holiday-themed cake recipes sure to impress. You can serve one on Christmas Eve and one Christmas Day. The Black Forest Cake is a chocolate layer cake, with added layers of whipped cream and Kirsch-soaked morello cherries. The cake is then decorated…
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ENTERTAINING: Have A Hard Cider Party

Fall is apple cider season. While in the U.S. and parts of Canada, the term “apple cider” is interchangeable with apple juice, in Europe a glass of cider is not kid stuff: It’s an alcoholic drink that many prefer to beer. Usually made from fermented apple juice (although pears can be used—pear cider is known…
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