TIP OF THE DAY: Stop Apples From Turning Brown

How do you keep a sliced apple from turning brown? (Here’s why apples turn brown.) Our grandmother dipped the slices into a solution of lemon juice and water. But the experts at the U.S. Apple Association recommend fortified apple juice, a better alternative not available to Granny (or to Mom, either). The vitamin C that…
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GIFT OF THE DAY: Kids’ Cooking Set

Help turn your favorite kid into a curious chef. Photo courtesy CuriousChef.com. As the Chinese proverb so wisely states, give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Hand a kid a meal and he never learns to cook. Teach…
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GIFT OF THE DAY: Food Face Dinner Plate

It’s fun to play with your food. Photo courtesy WorldwideFred.com. If your kids won’t finish their food, at least let them play with it. Food face, available with a man’s or woman’s face, is a ceramic plate that gives children (or the child within) free reign to play with his or her food. The 8-1/2-inch…
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PRODUCT: Trop 50 Apple Juice

Apple juice without sugar guilt. Photo by River Soma | THE NIBBLE. We love shopping at farmers markets in the crisp fall air, loading up on our favorite Honeycrisp apples (the texture is the best!). And when we see fresh-from-the-farm apple juice, we can’t help but take home a jug. Unfortunately, that half gallon of…
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RECIPE: Dirt Cake With Gummy Worms

Oops: National Gummy Worm Day, which was yesterday, flew by before we had a chance to post this recipe. The dessert, “Dirt In A Box,” was created by Ruby Foo’s restaurant in Times Square, New York City. It’s a no-cook “dirt pudding” or trifle, decorated with Gummy Worms. You can make the recipe more elaborate,…
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