TIP OF THE DAY: How To Whip Egg Whites

If you’re making an angel food cake, meringue, soufflé or other baked good that requires the egg whites to be whipped separately, you need to do it correctly in order for your recipe to rise. Here are some tips from Lauren Chattman, author of one of our favorite baking books, The Baking Answer Book (for…
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PRODUCT: PB CRAVE Flavored Peanut Butter

Fun flavors, fun gifts. Photo courtesy PB Crave.   All natural, flavored artisan peanut butter is hot. Recently, a California brand called Pacific Beach Gourmet Peanut Butter Spread made our Top Pick Of The Week list. Shortly afterward, we received a shipment of PB Crave, another new company (in Minnesota) that has launched with four…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Cold Brew Coffee ~ Easy Peasy & Lower Acid

Our Mac consultant introduced us to cold brew coffee several years ago. He lived next to a coffee bean shop and got the recommendation for the Toddy Cold Brew System from the shop’s owner. The system turns a pound of your favorite ground coffee into a coffee concentrate via a slow, cold water drip. The…
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RECIPE: The World’s Best Margarita Is The Tamarindo (Tamarind) Margarita

Is this the best Margarita in the world? It’s pretty special. Photo courtesy Tequila Avión.   Margaritas come in all shapes, sizes, and in a variety of expressions—from the classic straight up to frozen to flavors such as mango and passionfruit. Some are made with mixes (good, bad and average). The best are made with…
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PRODUCT: Salted Carmels From Sweetness & Light

Melt-in-your-mouth salted caramels from Sweetness And Light. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   Ferndale, California is a small Victorian village located in Humboldt County, on the North Coast of California. The population was 1,371 in the 2010 census. The town could be a movie set, with its dozens of well-preserved Victorian store fronts…
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