TIP OF THE DAY: Savory Whipped Cream

We’re having fun this month with savory whipped cream—to garnish soups, mains, even hors d’oeuvres. We’re using it instead of sour cream and crème fraîche. You can make a simple, salty whipped cream, curried whipped cream, garlic whipped cream or whipped cream infused with any of your favorite herbs. The idea is to flavor the…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Spice Rack Chocolates

Each piece is infused with a different spice. Photo by Jerry Deutsch | THE NIBBLE. Allow us to introduce you to “solid bonbons.” Wait, you say: Isn’t a “solid bonbon”* just a piece of solid chocolate? *A bonbon is a hard shell of chocolate filled with a variety of centers—caramel, cremes, ganache, etc. Not exactly.…
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PRODUCT: Peet’s East African Uzuri Coffee Blend

We just finished our first bag of Peet’s newest coffee, Uzuri African Blend. African coffees are our personal favorites. From Ethiopia in Northeast Africa, we love the exotic, fruity, complex Harrar, a dry processed or unwashed or “natural” coffee. This is the original method of processing coffee, where the entire cherry is cleaned and then…
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