TIP OF THE DAY: You CAN Have Cheese!

This tip is for lactose-intolerant people who avoid cheese. Even if you are lactose intolerant, you can enjoy cheese—it just needs to be aged cheese. In the cheese-making process, the liquid whey, which contains most of the lactose, is separated from the curd (the solids in the milk—they look like large-curd cottage cheese). Yet there…
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PRODUCT: Hellman’s Light Mayonnaise With Cage-Free Eggs

Same mayo but more humane. Photo courtesy Hellmann’s. Hellmann’s is using 100% certified cage-free eggs in its Hellmann’s Light Mayonnaise product in North America. (The brand is known as Best Foods west of the Rockies). With more people attuned to what’s in their food and where it comes from, as well as the humane treatment…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Soften That Ice Cream

For all the times you’ve struggled with scooping hard ice cream from the container, the solution is so simple: Leave the container on the counter to soften for 10 minutes or more. Some people zap the pint or quart in the microwave. There’s another bonus: Softened ice cream tastes so much better than rock-hard ice…
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PRODUCT: Gimmee Jimmy’s Cookies & More, Certified Kosher

Our favorite: Cranberry Pecan cookies. Photo by Erika Meller | THE NIBBLE. In 1983, Jimmy Libman opened Gimmee Jimmy’s, selling gift tins of all-natural, certified kosher-dairy cookies. Over the years, the product offering grew; the bakery now provides baklava, biscotti, cakes, cookies, cupcakes, muffins and other desserts to restaurants and consumers. The bakery makes sure…
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