Category: Giftable

PRODUCT & GIFT: Zhena’s Pumpkin Spice Tea

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EDITOR’S NOTE 2020: Alas, this wonderful company disbanded operations in 2018. Instead of a chocolate turkey party favor, this year we’re sending our Thanksgiving guests home with a tin of pumpkin spice tea from Zhena’s Gypsy Tea. Zhena blends caffeine-free rooibos tea (pronounced roy-boss) into a warm, soothing cup that mimics the flavors of pumpkin…
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PRODUCT: Gingerbread Mustard

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Gingerbread mustard. Photo courtesy Fallot.   For the holidays, how about traditional Dijon mustard mixed with gingerbread spices? It’s a French specialty. In French it’s called moutarde au pain d’epices; pain d’epices, which translates to spice bread, is the French word for gingerbread. Gingerbread is one of the specialties of the Burgundy region of France.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Vadouvan

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This simple blend, from IngredientFinder.com, contains only four ingredients: cumin, garlic, fenugreek and onion.   We must admit, this was a new one for us. We received a recipe for deviled eggs for our consideration. One of the ingredients: vadouvan. Vadou-what? We had to look it up. Vadouvan, also called French curry, is a French…
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HOLIDAY: National Chocolate Day

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Harvest Truffles. Photo courtesy Recchiuti Confections.   It’s National Chocolate Day, an excuse for anyone to run to the newsstand to pick up a Hershey Bar or some M&Ms. But the chocolate connoisseur deserves something better, and we’ve found it in these delicious Harvest Truffles from Recchiuti Confections of San Francisco, which we received as…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Genmaicha Tea

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[1] Genmaicha, green tea mixed with toasted rice (photo courtesy Sugarbird Sweets). [2] Organic genmaicha tea is available from La Colombe.   Genmaicha, pronounced gen-my-cha with a hard “g,” is one of our favorite green teas. The flavor of the sencha green tea base is secondary to the nutty, toasty flavor of kernels of toasted…
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