GIFT: Chocolates To Help Darfur

Taste great, feel good chocolates. Photo courtesy Compartes.   Here’s a feel-good holiday gift that’s beautiful, delicious and sure to be appreciated. Jonathan Grahm, owner and chocolatier at top chocolatier Compartes in Los Angeles, has created this five-piece set, Chocolates for a Cause: African Chocolate Collection. The chocolate-covered caramels are adorned with a rainbow progression…
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GIFT: Umami Sauce & The History Of Worcestershire Sauce

Umami sauce, an asset in the kitchen and at the table. Photo courtesy Omni Hotels.   “Umami” was a trending word in America a few years ago, a Japanese word coined in 1908 to indicate a brothy or savory taste (umai = delicious, mi = taste). Lauded as “the fifth taste” after sweet, sour, bitter…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Cinnamon Tea & Great Gifts

A particularly delicious brand of cinnamon tea. Photo courtesy Cinnamon Vogue.   We taste a lot of flavored tea, and find much of it to be, well, meh. Personally, we’d rather have really flavorful, top quality origin tea than lesser tea infused with flavors. But we keep tasting, and sometimes we hit the jackpot, as…
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