PRODUCT: New York Style Mini Bagel Chips

New York Style is known for its bagel chips, available in seven flavors. The company has recently launched mini bagel chips, in BBQ, Cheddar, Garlic and Sea Salt. For us, the standout is Garlic: a buttery, garlicky chip that’s delicious: Plain, with a beer With a dip Atop or aside soup or salad Crafted into…
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PRODUCT: Gluten-Free Ice Cream Cones

We’ve been enjoying more than a few ice cream cones this month, National Ice Cream Month. But what if you have gluten sensitivities. Where’s your cone? Goldbaum’s, a natural food company based in Brooklyn, New York, is at the ready with two different cones that crunch as nicely as the “real thing.” In the shape…
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PRODUCT: Sweet Leaf Diet Tea

We prefer iced tea with no sweetener, or a just a touch, such as the bottled teas crafted by Honest Tea and Inko’s White Tea. So we are not a prospect for Sweet Leaf Tea, a brand we’ve tasted on numerous occasions. In organic and all-natural, original and flavored variations (lemon-lime, mint & honey, peach,…
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PRODUCT: Chocolate Pudding, Lactose Free & Cholesterol Free

People who are diagnosed with a food allergy have to give up some favorite foods or turn to less-than-tasty substitutes. But enough Americans are diagnosed with allergies that businesses are rising to the occasion to make good-tasting alternatives. Often, allergen-free products are made because a family member develops the condition. In one of the more…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Homemade Ice Pops, Regular Or Diet

Cool off with minimal calories. Photo courtesy Sparkling Ice.   With record heat in many parts of the country, including ours, our thoughts ran to the different ways to cool off—without packing on the calories. So we kept making bottles of seltzer with our Soda Stream, and mixed lots of our favorite new 5-calorie Lipton…
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