VALENTINE GIFT: Maggie Louise Chocolates

White chocolate Valentine delights. Photo courtesy Maggie Louise Confections.   We love this special white chocolate set for Valentine’s Day. Yes, it’s for the ladies (or girls), but chocolatier Maggie Louise has other items chocolate-loving men (and painted chocolate dinosaurs for chocolate-loving boys). The set in the photo, called the XO Make-Up Box, includes: 4…
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RECIPE: Make Your Own Gummies

Fun project: Make your own gummies. Photo courtesy ChooseCherries.com.   Gummy fan? We admit to a gummy habit. We were happy to discover that in 15 minutes, we could make our own gummies, with top-quality ingredients (including honey instead of refined sugar) and for less expense than purchasing them. It’s easy, so try it—perhaps inviting…
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TIP OF THE DAY: One Last Christmas Gift

If you’re finished with shopping for nice-but-not-life-changing gifts for the people you care about, how about helping a family you don’t know, who will be grateful to you forever? Perhaps the most important Heifer International, which provides indigent families worldwide with a cow or other livestock: a reliable source of food for the children and…
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STOCKING STUFFER: Wine-Infused Chocolates

Delicious wine-infused chocolates. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   Virginia-based Gearharts chocolates Fine chocolates has some irresistible treats for stocking stuffers, party favors or anytime indulgence. For wine lovers, an excellent stocking stuffer is Pod and Vine, a box of four bonbons. The pod refers to the cacao; the vine is the wine…
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BOOK: Red Velvet Lover’s Cookbook

It’s the best-selling flavor at New York’s Magnolia Bakery, L.A.’s Sprinkles Cupcakes, London’s Hummingbird Bakery and other cake emporia. Since 2005, its inclusion on restaurant menus has grown by more than 500%. It has been used to flavor coffee, tea, waffles, doughnuts, even fried chicken. It’s easy to find red velvet truffles, butter cookies, and…
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