What Is Sotol? A Mexican Spirit That Isn’t Tequila Or Mezcal!

[1] Sotol can be drunk with salt and lime, similar to tequila (photo © Cristian Rojas | Pexels). [2] Hacienda de Chihuahua is the leading producer of fine sotol. Sotol plata (a.k.a. blanco, joven, or silver) is not aged. It goes straight from distillation to the bottle (photos #2, #3, #4, #5, and #16 ©…
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Clif Family Wine Jelly, With Fine Wine You Can Taste & Smell

We have always enjoyed a nice jar of wine jelly, but no matter which brand we tried, we were always left with the thought: Shouldn’t “wine jelly” taste more like wine? After 20-some years since tasting our first wine jelly, our question has been answered by Clif Family, and it’s no surprise why: Clif Family…
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The Do Good Dog: A Friendlier Hot Dog

The Fourth of July is the biggest hot dog-eating day of the year. According to the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council, an estimated 150 million hot dogs are consumed on Independence Day—enough hot dogs to stretch across the country and back. From Memorial Day to Labor Day, “peak hot dog season,” Americans will gobble…
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Painterland Sisters Skyr Yogurt For National Greek Yogurt Day

[1] A bowl of skyr with fresh fruit is a protein-packed breakfast or lunch (photos #1, #2, #3, #6, and #7© Painterland Farms). [2] In a store’s yogurt section. [3] Close-up on a cup. [4] Compare the thickness of skyr on top, versus Greek yogurt on the bottom (photo © Cook’s Science). [5] A bowl…
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RIND Fruit Snacks, Wholesome, Crunchy Slices Of Fruit

  Our Top Pick Of The Week, the RIND brand of dried fruit snacks. has a charming backstory. It was created by the great-grandson of a health food pioneer. In the 1920s, RIND founder Matt Weiss’s great-grandmother, Helen Seitner, opened a natural foods store in Flint, Michigan. Talk about being ahead of her time! The…
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