Category: Giftable

TIP OF THE DAY: Better-For-You Easter Baskets

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If you’re running out today to buy all the fixings for Easter baskets, here’s some advice: Buy half the amount of candy and fill up the other half of the basket, bag or box with Easter- and spring-themed non-edibles. The temptation is to give a filled-to-the-brim basket of Easter sweets, but no one needs that…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Kurobuta Ham, The Best Ham

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Kurobuta ham has been called the world’s best ham. It‘s also known as the Kobe beef of ham, because of the fine intramuscular marbling that makes the meat melt-in-your-mouth tender. While Kurobuta (koo-row-BOO-tuh) ham isn’t quite as pricey as Kobe beef, it is a special-occasion luxury. Snake River Farms, a Kurobuta producer, has created a…
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BOOKS: Funny Food, A Guarantee Of Fun Breakfasts

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Funny Food, by Bill & Claire Wurtzel. © 2012 Welcome Enterprises, Inc., www.funnyfood.us.   In 1001 Arabian Nights, the cuckolded King Shahryar executes his faithless wife and proceeds to marry a new virgin every day, executing her the next morning before she has a chance to dishonor him. Eventually his vizier (minister), whose task it…
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VALENTINE’S DAY: A Gourmet Tea Gift With Passion

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Any tea lover would adore these love-ly Tay Teas. Photo courtesy Tay Tea.   If you want to give your Valentine some Love Potion No. 9, mix up this Love Potion Martini. If he or she would prefer some fine tea, one of our favorite tea purveyors, Tay Tea, offers these options in bright red…
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GIFT OF THE DAY: Kanon Organic Vodka

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In 1580, King Karl IV of Sweden built the Åkers Styckebruk foundry to produce cannons for the Swedish army. Along with the foundry, he built a distillery to make vodka for the workers (nice benefit!). Over time, the distillery became privately owned and the largest distillery in Sweden. Nearly 300 workers produced more than a…
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