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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TIP OF THE DAY: Ramekins For Easy Portion Control

There are certain foods that are so delicious that one can’t help but want seconds. We feel that way about risotto. Chocolate pudding. Macaroni and cheese. One way to avoid taking a second slice or scoop is to serve the food in ramekins for portion control. There’s no large dish brought to the table to…
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PRODUCT: ALEX Stainless Water Bottle

The ALEX water bottle comes apart for easy cleaning—or to fill with Halloween or Christmas candy as a gift. Photo by River Soma | THE NIBBLE. There’s something truly new in water bottles: ALEX. The patent pending technology is a leakproof silicone seal in the middle of the bottle that allows you to take the…
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HALLOWEEN: Food Fun With Pancake Molds

Get ready for Halloween: For a bewitching breakfast, lunch or dinner on Halloween, go batty with pancake molds. A Williams-Sonoma exclusive, they’re easy to use. The set of three molds—these adorable bats plus a pumpkin and a haunted house—is $19.95. Pancakes—also known as flapjacks, griddlecakes and hotcakes—are an ancient food. While some type of griddle…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Boil Water

How to boil water? Doesn’t everyone know how to boil water? Not everyone knows how to boil water correctly. Here’s some advice from Chef Louis Eguaras, author of 101 Things I Learned In Culinary School. 1. Choose the right size pot. This means a pot large enough to comfortably hold what you need to cook,…
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