TIP OF THE DAY: Peanut Butter Ice Cream

Today is National Peanut Butter & Jelly Day. Enjoy a sandwich with a glass of milk, and make some peanut butter & jelly ice cream: 1. Soften a pint of vanilla or chocolate ice cream (or frozen yogurt) and put the ice cream in a mixing bowl. 2. Add 4 tablespoons PB (creamy or crunchy)…
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The New Wine Bottle-Decanter From A Lambrusco Producer

[1] Turn this bottle-decanter combo on its side, and it turns into a long-neck decanter that oxygenates the wine (photos #1 and #4 © Cantine Ceci). [2] Pouring a glass (photo © CC Food Travel | Wikipedia). [3] Lambrusco grapes (photo © Caspar Diederik | Wikipedia). [4] This square bottle was introduced, but wine retailers…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Paella Day

Paella mixta, one of the three most popular types of paella. Photo by Monkey Business | Dreamstime..   Paella is one of the world’s great rice dishes. It was first created in Valencia, a region on the East coast of Spain, and was originally cooked over a fire in the fields as a communal lunch…
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GOURMET GIVEAWAY: Tim Tam Cookies

These cookies are like potato chips—we bet you can’t eat just one! Photo by Hannah Kaminsky | THE NIBBLE. If you don’t get your hands on some Pepperidge Farm Tim Tam Cookies this month, you’ll have to wait six months until Target stores start stocking them again (when they can be shipped from Australia—where they…
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GOURMET GIVEAWAY: Fancypants Bakery Cookies

The bunnies, carrots and chicks are almost too cute to eat. Photo courtesy Fancypants Bakery. The Easter Bunny will be hopping down the bunny trail in less than three weeks. To prepare for his arrival, enter to win a gift box of gourmet cookies from this week’s Gourmet Giveaway sponsor: Fancypants Bakery. Their “Great Big…
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