TIP OF THE DAY: Wines For Easter

What wines are you serving with Easter dinner? Forget the same old, same old. Pour something special to talk about over Easter dinner. Think of Lachryma Christi (“Tears of Christ”). Or Saint Joseph “Offerus” from Jean Louis Chave: It comes from France’s great Rhone appellation named after Joseph of Arimathea, who donated his own prepared…
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EASTER: Chocolate Bunnies

Please hop our way this Easter. Photo courtesy Vosges Haut Chocolate. At Vosges Haut Chocolat, the Easter bunnies are of a more flavorful species. Four exotic, solid chocolate bunnies are ready to hop your way: Amalfi Bunny (white chocolate, lemon zest and pink peppercorns) Barcelona Bunny (hickory-smoked almonds and grey sea salt) Orchid Vanilla Bunny…
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Top Pick Of The Week: Built Burger ~ The Best Burger You Can Find

Notice to all restaurants that proclaim “The World’s Best Burger”: You’re wrong! The world’s best burger comes from Built Burger in Seattle. And they’ll ship to your door. It was just last year that two burger lovers in Seattle pondered how to take our beloved national dish to a new level. Yes, there are gourmet…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Sorbet Easter Eggs

Instead of a traditional sorbet presentation, shape balls of sorbet into oval egg shapes and serve in a “nest.” Photo courtesy Wine Cellar Sorbets, a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week. For a quick and delicious dessert, scoop sorbet in three Easter colors (orange or mango, raspberry or strawberry and lime or kiwi, for example)…
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CLASS: Bagel Making & More

Sure you can bake—but can you make bagels? Charge your cooking by taking a class in something different, and impress your friends and family with your homemade bagels (or baklava, croissants, pizza—anything). While it’s not a challenge to buy bagels, baklava etc., imagine the thrill of hot bagels emerging from your own oven. Bagels are…
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