PRODUCT: Hummus Snack, No Refrigeration Required

It’s not easy to find healthy snacks to eat on the go, much less those that are gluten free. Wild Garden Hummus, which sells shelf-stable (no refrigeration required ) hummus in jars, has a welcome new line called Snack Bo To Go!. It’s a tube of hummus packaged with a packet of gluten-free crackers. Neatly…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Artisan Chips For Cinco De Mayo

A line of chips made from the best-available ingredients. Photo courtesy Cabo Chips.   If you’re having tortilla chips on Cinco de Mayo, celebrate with a better chip. We received a sample of Cabo Chips, and the toughest part has been restraining ourselves so there are still chips left on May 5th. Cabo Chips were…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Siggi’s Skyr, Icelandic Yogurt

We remember when Siggi Hilmarsson’s skyr (pronounced SKEER), Icelandic-style strained yogurt, first appeared on the shelves of Murray’s Cheese in Greenwich Village. Hailing from Iceland, the transplanted New Yorker found the yogurts in the U.S. too sweet and not thick enough—even the Greek-style yogurts. So in 2004 he started to make his own, in his…
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PRODUCT: Good Natured Vegetable Crisps

A new way to eat your veggies! Photo courtesy Herr Foods.   Americans love salty snacks, as evidenced by the never-ending stream of new chips on the market. From Herr’s, an estimable regional potato chip producer, comes a tasty new line in their Good Natured Selects series of baked crisps: gluten-free veggie chips called Vegetable…
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FOOD FUN: Hello Kitty Ice Cream Cake

Hello Kitty, whose “real” name is Kitty White, is a cartoon character produced by the Japanese company Sanrio. She is a white Japanese bobtail cat with a red hair bow. From her first appearance on a vinyl coin purse in Japan in 1974 (it arrived in the U.S. in 1976), Hello Kitty exploded into a…
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