VALENTINE’S DAY: Sweets We’d Like To Receive

If you’re on the hunt for Valentine chocolate, you probably don’t have to hunt too hard. Even our drugstore looks like a chocolate shop. But here are some yummy items we enjoy, year after year. CHOCOLATE CHERRIES FROM CHOCLATIQUE Most of us grew up hoping to get the chocolate covered cherry in the box of…
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VALENTINE’S DAY: Low Calorie & No Calorie Gifts

Top: The Keurig 2.0 H200, which makes single cups as well as carafes. Bottom: Rick’s Picks: Great flavor, few calories.   As you eye the sea of Valentine chocolates, what can you get for loved ones who can’t have (or don’t care for) chocolate? Some people don’t want the calories, others can’t have the caffeine…
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VALENTINE’S DAY: Chocolate Stout, Sriracha Stout & Moonstruck Beer Chocolates

Special chocolate craft brews for your Valentine. Photo courtesy Rogue Ales.   Here’s what to get a beer-loving Valentine: two stouts created specifically for the occasion and some hot stuff. Rogue Chocolate Stout, with a special Valentine-red label on a 750 ml bottle, is Rogue’s platinum award-winning Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout (one of the highest rated…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Soulfully Sweet Great Gluten-Free Cookies

If you’re looking for a great gluten-free cookie, look no further than Soulfully Sweet. You can tell that many, many test batches were baked to find the magic mixture that makes these cookies taste so good. With the right mix of ingredients and technique, you can’t tell that baked goods are gluten free. Soulfully Sweet…
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GIFTS: Last Minute Gifts

Still in need of a holiday gift? Here are three for food lovers, in the form of electronic gift certificates (e-gift cards), quickly emailed from the companies’ websites. GOURMET CHOCOLATE GIFT CERTIFICATE We love to give Chocomize gift certificates. They enable the recipient to customize their own chocolate bars with a choice of scores of…
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