TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: KC Classics Cream Cheese Dip & Spread

A jar of artichoke dip creates elegant snacks or canapés (photo by Evan Dempsey | © THE NIBBLE).   We hasten to say these are elegant cream cheese dips and spreads. KC Classic Cheese Dips and Cheesecake Fondues have nothing to do with a “queso,” the melted cheese dip enjoyed with tortilla chips. KC Classic…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Get A Pressure Cooker

If you love dishes like braised short ribs and pulled pork, but don’t make them because they take so long to cook: You need a pressure cooker! Today’s pressure cookers are not your mother’s (or grandmother’s) chugging hunks of iron. Sleek and 100% safe in stainless steel, they’re one of the biggest time-savers in the…
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PRODUCT: The Most Fun Cupcakes

The picnic food we want most: a Cupcake Picnic Pack from YummyCupcakes.com. Be still our foolish heart: One of our favorite cupcake bakeries, Yummy Cupcakes in Santa Monica, California, has developed the cutest trio of cupcakes ever: the Cupcake Picnic Pack. The corn on the cob cupcake is the company’s delicious buttered popcorn cupcake, cleverly…
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GOURMET GIVEAWAY: Dole Salad Kits

We loved the Southwest Salad and all the others we tasted. Find our more at Dole.com. For the times when you just want a big, healthy salad but don’t have the energy or desire to do all the slicing and chopping, this week’s Gourmet Giveaway prize is for you. Dole Salad Kits are a combination…
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PRODUCT: BLBL Super Tuscan Wine (Grab It If You Can)

What did Blake Leonard serve on July 4th? Most likely, her delicious new red wine, an Italian and French varietal blend known as a Super Tuscan. Blake Leonard and Beatrice Landini (who lives in Tuscany and doesn’t celebrate American independence) introduced their first bottling, BLBL, a few weeks ago. The two partners, who first met…
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