PRODUCT: Edible Gold & Silver

All that glitters on your plate may be edible gold and silver. Edible gold and silver are gold and silver leaf, metal that it is beaten so incredibly thin that it can be eaten (the metals are not digested or absorbed but pass right through the body). The gold is 22 or 23 karat; some…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Cupcake Surprise

Our Cupcake Surprise is decorated with Guittard’s colored white chocolate morsels. Photo by Corey Lugg | THE NIBBLE. Today is National Cupcake Day, so enjoy a cupcake—in fact, make some with a chocolate “surprise.” 1. Make your favorite cupcake recipe (we love Sprinkles cupcake mixes). 2. Fill the cupcake liner halfway with batter. 3. Insert…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Spread Peanut Butter & Almond Butter

Some people are specialists who do what they do better than anyone else. Like Spread. Spread’s specialty is luxury peanut butter and almond butter. How luxurious? One variety has edible gold flakes. But most are slightly less ornately-embellished PB and AB. Four ounces of nut butter cost $12.00 or $13.00, the PB/AB equivalent, ounce-per-ounce, of…
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GOURMET GIVEAWAY: Hickory Farms & Two Entertaining Books

You could serve the Hickory Farms beef on the crackers included in the gift box or with bread. Photo courtesy Anton Shevtsov | Stock Exchange.   Just because you’re counting down to the holidays doesn’t mean you don’t have two minutes to enter this week’s Gourmet Giveaway—especially when the prizes are holiday-related! PRIZE #1: Hickory…
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RECIPES: Holiday Cookies

Have you baked Christmas cookies yet? Take a look at our eight luscious cookie recipes, including: Apple Cider Buttons Almond Butter Buckeyes Pistachio Biscochitos Wintermint Wafers Bananas Foster Bars Gold Rush Bars Chocolate Butter Pecans Mount Rainier Macaroons It’s a great time of the year to teach children how to bake. They can give the…
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