Category: Party Favors-Stocking Stuffers

TIP OF THE DAY: Make Christmas Tree Ornaments From Dehydrated Citrus

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Dehydrate lemons, limes oranges and grapefruit to make tree ornaments. TOP PHOTO: An orange slice ornament. Photo courtesy Specialty Produce. BOTTOM PHOTO: Red or pink grapefruit make pretty slices. Photo courtesy Good Eggs.   You—or your kids—can make these dehydrated citrus ornaments in your oven. You don’t need an electric dehydrator, but if you have…
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RECIPE: Make & Bring Sweet & Savory Nut Clusters

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Sweet and savory nut clusters, with pumpkin seeds added for the holidays. Photo courtesy QVC.   If you’ve been invited to Thanksgiving but not asked to contribute, you may still want to bring a gift that isn’t a bottle of wine. Something like these Sweet & Savory Nut Clusters from QVC’s chef David Venable can…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Apple Cider Salted Caramels

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We love salted caramels: plain sea salt, fleur de sel, gray sea salt, smoked sea salt (see the different types of sea salts). They aren’t inexpensive: A box of seven smallish squares, chocolate coated and garnished with salt, is $14.00 at Fran’s. So how about a project for a lazy Sunday: homemade salted caramels? It…
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PRODUCTS: Pumpkin Flavored Foods

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The fall cool-down began here last week. But we knew fall was in the air more than a month ago, when the fall-flavor product samples started to arrive. Fall is perhaps the best season to get into the flavor spirit. As the choices of warm-weather fresh produce narrow, pumpkin, squash and foods flavored with “fall…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: CrunchDaddy Popcorn

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Back in 2012, we reviewed a startup company with 10 flavors of savory or caramel corn: CrunchDaddy Popcorn. You know it’s not just good: In the ubiquitous world of popcorn, their business just keeps growing. The company has expanded distribution, evolved their product flavors and traded most of the original brown kraft paper bags for…
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