PRODUCT: Chocolate Covered Banana Bites

Kopali Organics specializes in chocolate-covered snacks: banana, cacao nibs, espresso beans, goji, goldenberry, mango, mixed fruits, mulberry and pineapple. The products are also Fair Trade Certified, which means that the enterprise supports thousands of family farmers and communities worldwide (more about Fair Trade certification). Plus, 100% of profits go to The Sylvia Center, a garden-to-table…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Save Money With Organic Bulk Foods

Buy nuts in bulk for daily healthful snacking and recipe ingredients. Photo courtesy The Almond Board.   April is Earth Month; April 22 is Earth Day. You can make every day Earth Day and do something sustainable. Research findings show compelling reasons for shoppers to buy in bulk (from the bulk bins at the grocery…
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EVENT: Best Hot Sauces & The NYC Hot Sauce Expo

It’s the first annual New York City Hot Sauce Expo! Image courtesy Expo.   Our palate is so sensitive that a hot chile will wipe it out for 45 minutes. But three members of THE NIBBLE team leaped at the opportunity to attended a media preview for the first annual New York City Hot Sauce…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Soften Brown Sugar ~ Fast!

Even though we stored our brown sugar in a supposedly airtight glass canister, it invariably became rock-hard in a few weeks, its natural high level of moisture evaporating into…well, who knows where it went? The old “Hints From Heloise” on how to soften brown sugar don’t work if you’re in a hurry. They include putting…
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PRODUCT: Best Frying Pan For Eggs

Two happy eggs in The Egg Expert, GreenPan USA’s perfectly sized pan. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   If you have a kitchen with limited storage space, you’re constrained in the number of pots and pans you can keep. As petite as it is (five inches in diameter), we would never have thought…
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