GIFT: Chocolate Mint “Christmas Tree” Cookies

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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TIP OF THE DAY: Decorate A Miniature Christmas Tree

A dwarf “Foodie” Christmas tree. Photo courtesy White Flower Farm.   You can find charming miniature (officially called dwarf) evergreen trees in stores and tree lots, typically undecorated. Create your own “food-lovers Christmas tree” for your home, or as a gift for friends and family who don’t have room for full-sized trees. Or, place the…
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GIFT OF THE DAY: Artisan Chocolate Bars

Recchiuti Confections, one of America’s finest chocolatiers, has expanded and redesigned its line of artisan chocolate bars so handsomely that just one bar makes a nice holiday gift for lovers of fine chocolate. The eight-bar line includes: Classic chocolate bars in Bittersweet, Semisweet, Dark Milk and Fève (the French word for cacao nib). Flavored chocolate…
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HOLIDAY GIFT: A Ham Gift Basket

A gift basket with enough ham for a party! Photo courtesy TommyMoloneys.com.   Looking for a meaty gift for an important someone? A Hickory Valley Farms ham gift basket from Tommy Moloney’s might be just what they’d like to dig a fork into. We received one as a gift. The generously sized boneless ham, between…
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GIFT OF THE DAY: Original Moonshine, Delicious & Fun

This glass jug holds some mighty tasty moonshine. Photo courtesy Stillhouse Distillery.   Moonshine, a clear, unaged corn whiskey, has been produced in still houses in the hills of the southern U.S. since the country was settled. Moonshine was an illegal product: The “moonshiners” who made it not only avoided paying state and federal taxes…
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