HALLOWEEN: Chocolate Covered Orange Peel

For a sophisticated Halloween treat, consider dark chocolate covered orange peels from Lake Champlain Chocolates of Vermont. Chocolate-covered orange peel is one of our favorite chocolate treats. You bite into the refreshing taste of citrus, covered in rich dark chocolate. Fresh Valencia orange peels are sliced and candied before they are dipped into the chocolate,…
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PRODUCT: Oregano Indio From Mexico

If you’ve traveled to Mexico and enjoyed the cuisine, you can find most of the ingredients you need to recreate the recipes back home. But there’s often a certain something that’s missing. Steve Sando, proprietor of Rancho Gordo specialty foods, believes it’s the different oreganos of Mexico. “Each one seems a little different,” says Steve,…
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FOOD FUN: Ice Cream Cone Chocolates

When you can’t decide if you’d rather have chocolate or ice cream. Photo courtesy Choclatique.   For some chocolate fun, try the “Here’s the Scoop” collection from Choclatique, a Los Angeles-based artisan chocolatier. The chocolate makers turned their favorite ice cream flavors into chocolate truffles. Take a bite of Amaretto-Mocha Fudge, Buttery-Toasty Pecan, Dark Chocolate…
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FOOD FUN: A Wall Poster For Pasta Lovers

Gaze at 250 different styles of pasta! Photo courtesy PopChartLab.com.   Passionate about pasta? How many shapes have you eaten? If you want to dream about having it all, this wall poster features more than 250 shapes of pasta, broken down by those that are formed by machines and dies (like fusilli, penne and rigatoni)…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: CapaBunga Wine Bottle Cap

CapaBunga is an airtight cap for open wine bottles. No leaks ever again! Photo courtesy CapaBunga.   Cowabunga dudes: We just love the Capabunga. We get lots of pitches for gadgets that are also-rans. But every so often, we find something that’s simply superb. That’s how we feel about CapaBunga. And most of us can…
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