RECIPES: Ice Cream Sodas With Iced Coffee & Iced Tea

Here are two ideas for cooling-off drinks, courtesy of ChocolateBox Café in Malibu, California. Instead of an ice cream soda, scoop gelato or ice cream into an iced espresso and sorbet into iced tea. Iced Coffee Float. Coffee lovers can pair an iced espresso with gelato in chocolate chip, coffee, hazelnut, tiramisu or vanilla (you…
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GOURMET GIVEAWAY: Kim & Scott’s Gourmet Stuffed Pretzels

Savory or sweet, there’s a pretzel treat for everyone. Photo courtesy Kim & Scott’s. There are certain areas in which “twisted” means good. Pretzels is one. Your taste buds will twist if you win this week’s Gourmet Giveaway prize, courtesy of Kim & Scott’s Gourmet Stuffed Pretzels. These jumbo, soft, whole grain pretzels are stuffed…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Preservation Party

What are we preserving? Ripe summer fruit! The Washington State Fruit Commission has a beautiful new website devoted to preserving fruit. Whether you’re an experienced preserver or a newbie, create a fun event that lets you make gifts (great for the holidays) and treats for the home. The website has templates for pretty labels for…
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WINE: Pairing Wines With Casual Food

Take-out food with a good, affordable wine makes for a pleasant evening. Photo by Katharine Pollak | THE NIBBLE. We live in New York City, perhaps the take-out food capital of the world. Most times, you can’t a single city block without finding something to take out. But every town has its favorite take-out spots.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Hot Fudge Cupcake Icing

This week we visited the website of Saint Cupcake, a cupcake bakery in Portland, Oregon. In addition to buttercream and cream cheese frostings, the busy bakers came up with a third concept: icing cupcakes by dipping them in chocolate sauce (a.k.a. hot fudge). We like that idea—especially since our Top Pick Of The Week is…
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