TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Sonoma Farm Infused Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Lemon-infused olive oil is one of six spectacular flavors. Gertrude Stein may have espoused that a rose is a rose, but to us, an infused olive oil certainly is not an infused olive oil. All of them suffice, but Sonoma Farm Olive Oil is one of a handful of brands that we’ve tried where the…
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PRODUCT: Hershey’s Extra Dark 60% Dark Chocolate

When it comes to chocolate, is your type tall, dark and handsome? Then Hershey’s extra dark chocolate might just have you swooning. O.K., it may not be tall, but it’s definitely dark (if you’ve checked out our Chocolate Glossary, you know that “dark chocolate” contains 50% or more cacao content). And its glossy packaging is…
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PRODUCT: Light Ice Cream ~ How Light Is It?

Half the fat doesn’t mean you can eat twice as much! Be sure to check the calories, too— some brands of “light” ice creams have more calories and sugar than other brands of “regular.” Our friends at Consumer Reports have been dipping into the light ice cream to give you the scoop on light ice…
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PRODUCT: Welch’s Sparkling Juice Cocktail Graduation Themed Bottles

It’s time to toast graduation for the elementary through high school set. You can have the Champagne; they can toast it with a glass of grapy bubbly in a Champagne-like bottle. Bottles of Welch’s Sparkling Juice Cocktail (in white or red grape juice) have been all dressed up with a tasseled mortarboard key ring as…
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