PRODUCT: Zoku Ice Pop Maker

You can become the most creative glacier in town with the Zoku Quick Pop Maker from Williams-Sonoma. It’s easy to create your own customized frozen pops, including cream-filled varieties, in as little as seven minutes. Use your favorite juices and other beverages (coffee, tea, kefir, smoothies) or fresh fruit purées to make the gourmet pops…
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TIP OF THE DAY: “Instant” Green Tea Ice Cream

Make your own green tea ice cream from vanilla. Photo © Subsociety | Dreamstime. Do you like green tea ice cream? Would you like to enjoy it at home? Green tea ice cream is one of our favorite flavors, although we rarely come across it outside of Asian restaurants. Ciao Bella Gelato sells it in…
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CHEESE: Rolf Beeler, Cheese Rock Star

Only a few consumers know the name Rolf Beeler. But among lovers of the finest Swiss cheeses, he is a rock star. Beeler is a Swiss affineur (ah-fee-NUHR), an expert in aging cheeses, and a maître fromagier, or master cheesemonger. A cheesemonger is a vendor of cheese; but he can’t sell it until the affineur…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Put A Cap On The Coffee

As tempting as it may be to buy two different bags, don’t buy more than a week’s worth. Photo by Hannah Kaminsky | THE NIBBLE. If you want your home-brewed coffee to taste as good as café-brewed, don’t brew “old” coffee. Air is the enemy of ground coffee—you can notice the decline in flavor at…
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PRODUCT: Island Treasures Rum Cake

We taste a lot of rum cake. Some of it does not pass the taste test of a picky palate. Some lines taste artificially flavored—or don’t taste like very much at all. Island Treasures Gourmet rum cake—rum-infused pound cakes in Banana, Chocolate, Cinnamon Pecan Streusel Coconut, Lemon, Raspberry, Vanilla (Original)—is the latest we’ve tasted, and…
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