Category: Giftable

GIFT OF THE DAY: A Caddy Of Tea From Le Palais Des Thés

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Today’s gift recommendation is a line of fine loose teas in decorative caddies*, from a renowned French firm, Le Palais des Thés (luh pah-LAY day tay, “The Tea Palace”). The company was founded in 1986 by a group of French tea enthusiasts, who went into the tea business so they could have the freshest, highest-quality…
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GIFT OF THE DAY: Moravian Spice Cookies

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Delicious, either plain or chocolate-dipped (above). Photo by Jaclyn Nussbaum | THE NIBBLE.   An elegant gift, stocking-stuffer or treat for guests (serve them with tea, coffee and/or ice cream), we love ultra-thin Moravian cookies. Beyond the luscious flavor, the thinness means fewer calories per cookie (in other words, two for the calories of one).…
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GIFT OF THE DAY: Sugar Free Biscotti

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Bella’s sugar-free biscotti: delicious in four flavors. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   Thanks to Deanna Bellacicco, owner of Bella’s Home Baked Goods, for affording everyone on a sugar-restricted diet the opportunity to have her delicious sugar-free biscotti. Her regular biscotti line is just lovely, with classic flavors and the cutting edge (try…
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GIFT: What We’re Giving Friends & Family For Christmas

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In ancient Greece, an obol was a silver coin worth one-sixth of a drachma. The obol you’re most likely to come across today is a clever polypropylene dish: Obol, the Never-Soggy Cereal Bowl. Many of our friends and family start the day with a bowl of cereal. The tendency is to eat it faster than…
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GIFT: Chocolate Mint “Christmas Tree” Cookies

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Chocolate peppermint Christmas tree cookies. Photo courtesy Mackenzie Ltd.   Shortly after we published a recipe for Chocolate Mint Christmas Cookies last week, we saw these tree-shaped cookies at MackenzieLtd.com. They’re sugar cookies instead of our butter cookies recipe (sugar cookies use a different type of shortening and thus don’t have buttery flavor). You can…
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