The Hyppo Pops: The Best Ice Pops Ever?

Sometimes in the business of discovering new food products, we come across true greatness. That’s how we feel about the gourmet ice pops from The Hyppo in St. Augustine, Florida. They are well worth sending for and will make a memorable gift to any lucky recipient of your largesse. The brilliance is in not just…
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Oat Milk “Frappuccino” Recipe For World Plant Milk Day

[1] An oat milk “Frappuccino” recipe for World Plant Day (photo © Gelson’a Markets). [2] Almond milk, delicious in coffee and with cereal (photo © Califia Farms). [3] The “Frappuccino” is made with oat milk (photo © Oatly). [4] Coconut milk is an opaque, milky-white liquid extracted from the grated pulp of mature coconuts (photo…
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Ice Cream & Fudge Creamsicle-Flavored Recipes For National Creamsicle Day

What do you do on National Creamsicle Day, August 14th? Make a Creamsicle-inspired recipe, combining orange and vanilla flavors into formats beyond the original Creamsicle ice cream pop. The original and still beloved, a childhood flavor of ours, is a vanilla ice cream pop covered with orange sherbet. We often combine a scoop of vanilla…
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Plantspired Plant-Based Steak From Nasoya Is A Winner

[1] Plantspired steak skewers with summer squash and onions (both photos © Nasoya). [2] Plantspired Steak sandwich with caramelized onions.   Thank you, Nasoya, for sending us a sample of Plantspired Plant-Based Steak. It’s become a staple in our kitchen, going from fridge to plate in 30 seconds. And no one guessed it wasn’t real…
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Silver Hills Bakery & The Delight & Benefit Of Sprouted Bread

Sprouted bread is typically a product sold in natural food stores. In our little municipality—the island of Manhattan—the supermarkets are very small and you have to go to a natural foods store to find anything sprouted. Fortunately, we have more than a few Whole Foods Markets which carry sprouted breads (check both the fresh bread…
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