GIFT OF THE DAY: Food Face Dinner Plate

It’s fun to play with your food. Photo courtesy WorldwideFred.com. If your kids won’t finish their food, at least let them play with it. Food face, available with a man’s or woman’s face, is a ceramic plate that gives children (or the child within) free reign to play with his or her food. The 8-1/2-inch…
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GIFT OF THE DAY: A Family Of Custom Gingerbread Cookies

We hate to rush the holidays, but now that Christmas decorations appear in stores the day after Halloween, we feel we’re already two weeks out of step. So today we launch our Gift Of The Day series. THE NIBBLE editors have selected almost 100 gifts in 11 gift list categories from cookies and chocolate to…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Halloween Gift

Headed out to a Halloween party? You could bring a bottle of wine or other libation that will blend in with all the bottles brought by everyone else. Instead, make your hostess gift stand out—permanently. A mug, plate or other Halloween-themed serving piece will be a permanent reminder that you came to party. To add…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Cacao Cuvée Chocolate Truffles

Excellent chocolate truffles from Cacao Cuvée. Photo by Katharine Pollak | THE NIBBLE. Most chocolate lovers can’t resist chocolate truffles, balls of ganache (chocolate mixed with heavy cream) that melt in your mouth. Many chocolate truffles are pure chocolate-on-chocolate—ganache enrobed in cocoa or a hard chocolate shell. That’s fine for some people, but we need…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Halloween Candy Box Favors

We love these keepsake Halloween boxes from Williams-Sonoma. Made in Germany from handcrafted papier-mâché, they’re filled with seasonal candies: gummy pumpkins, gummy candy corn and gourmet jelly beans. They’re $14.95 each, a delightful gift or party favor. If your budget doesn’t allow for the splurge, look in candy stores, card shops, discount stores and other…
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