Category: Great Food

GIFT: Umami Sauce & The History Of Worcestershire Sauce

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Umami sauce, an asset in the kitchen and at the table. Photo courtesy Omni Hotels.   “Umami” was a trending word in America a few years ago, a Japanese word coined in 1908 to indicate a brothy or savory taste (umai = delicious, mi = taste). Lauded as “the fifth taste” after sweet, sour, bitter…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Mini Pecan Pie Bites

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Mini pies have been trending, and might be a better choice for Thanksgiving, when you’re stuffed to the gills but still want dessert. But Lauryn Cohen, a.k.a. Bella Baker, has an even better idea: mini pecan pie bites. Mini Pecan Pie Bites are baked in a mini muffin tin, creating “just a bite” to end…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Cinnamon Tea & Great Gifts

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A particularly delicious brand of cinnamon tea. Photo courtesy Cinnamon Vogue.   We taste a lot of flavored tea, and find much of it to be, well, meh. Personally, we’d rather have really flavorful, top quality origin tea than lesser tea infused with flavors. But we keep tasting, and sometimes we hit the jackpot, as…
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RECIPE: 2013 Pillsbury Bakeoff Winner

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Serve them piping hot from the oven! Photo courtesy Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest.   Some women dream of being Miss America; others want to win the Pillsbury Bake-Off. At the recent finals of the 46th Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest, Glori Spriggs of Henderson, Nevada brought home the bacon—actually, a $1 million grand prize, which buys a lot…
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GLUTEN FREE: Glutino Toaster Pastry

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THE NIBBLE’s gluten-free expert, Georgi Page, reports on another excellent product. Glutino Food Group has been in the gluten-free business for a long, long time, since the days when it wasn’t necessarily a cash-cow, but more of a labor of conviction. They claim that their strategy is to simply “shut up and listen” and I…
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