TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: 34° Cookie Crisps

In the summer heat, you reach for lighter foods. For snacks and desserts, there’s nothing lighter than 34° Crisps, ultra-thin cookies in Caramel, Chocolate, Cinnamon and Graham. They may be thin, but 34° Crisps are rich in flavor. You can serve them plain or embellished in any variety of ways: with Nutella, peanut butter or…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Marinate Your Flank Steak

A grilled flank steak, or London Broil. Photo courtesy WomackFarms.com, producers of naturally raised Angus beef.   Flank steak is a cut from the abdominal muscles of the steer. A relatively long and flat cut of meat, it is served as London broil and for fajitas. Tasty as it is, flank steak is a tougher…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Try A New Frozen Dessert

It’s National Ice Cream Month, but since there’s no Frozen Yogurt Month, Gelato Month or Sorbet Month, use it as an excuse to branch out. Try ice cream in a new form: If you’ve never had authentic gelato, track down a gelateria and dig in. Have a slice of hokey pokey, also known as Neapolitan…
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COOKING VIDEO: Watermelon Sorbet

  The only problem with watermelon sorbet is how difficult it is to find it. If you live near a motherlode, consider yourself fortunate. Otherwise, if you have an ice cream maker, you can make it yourself. So light and delicious, watermelon sorbet is more than worth the effort. Use red or yellow watermelon. Fortunately,…
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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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