TIP OF THE DAY: French Toast Recipes For National French Toast Day

[1] Dulce De Leche French Toast with macerated fresh berries, dulce de leche drizzle and a hand-whipped cream (photo © Chica | Las Vegas). [2] French toast sandwich with jam. Here’s the recipe (photo © Zulka Sugar). [3] Apple Pecan French Toast. Here’s the recipe (photo © Zulka Sugar). [4] Pumpkin-batter French Toast with a…
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STOCKING STUFFER: Lucha Crunch Bar, The Undisputed Champion

In Mexico, “lucha libre” is freestyle wrestling (literally, “free fight”). It has developed into a stylish form of the professional wrestling, characterized by colorful masks, rapid sequences of holds and maneuvers, and “high-flying” maneuvers, some of which have been adopted into U.S. wrestling. Gearharts Chocolates has ported the colorful spirit of wresting into a scrumptious…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Baked Brie Toppings

[1] Baked Brie with cranberries and olives. The recipe is below (photo © DeLallo). [2] Caramelized onion baked Brie (photo © Paul Binet | iStock). [3] The simplest topping: jam or preserves. Add chopped nuts or snipped herbs (photo © Murray’s Cheese). [4] Here, the honey and rosemary were added before the Brie was baked…
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GIFT: Turmeric Tea For Health-Conscious Friends

A tea-of-the-moment, which happens to be thousands of years old, is turmeric tea, a highly antioxidant, anti-inflammatory herbal tea. Revered as a ‘golden spice’ in Ayurvedic medicine for more than 5000 years, it has long been drunk as a tea. When brewing black tea, you can add ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric to the cup before…
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RECIPE: Pumpkin Spice Hummus

[1] Pumpkin spice hummus (both photos © Hatherleigh Press). [2] Love hummus? Beyond a dip and spread, there are many recipes in this hummus cookbook. Get your copy here.   As a frequent purchaser or flavored hummus, we often look at the eight-ounce containers as one serving, possibly 1.5. In terms of the “serving size”…
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