Seven Sisters Scones For Breakfast, Snacks & Scone Gifts

Traditional scones can be dry, crumbly, and in our opinion, more punishment than pleasure, requiring lots of butter and jam to add moisture. Yet, more modern recipes can be moist and layered with flavor. Such are Seven Sisters scones. Take a denser version of a muffin, flatten it, and you can approximate one of their…
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Easy Light Fruitcake Recipe & A Fruitcake Baking Kit

[1] Make a fruitcake look dazzling with a Bundt pan and a topping of frosted grapes (all photos © King Arthur Baking). [2] This fruitcake is made with a kit and recipe. Get one for yourself or as a gift. [3] The Golden Fruitcake Kit has the essentials you need to bake the cake. [4]…
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Food Fun: Aldi’s Christmas-Flavored Goat Cheese Logs

[1] Aldi’s Eggnog Goat Cheese Log (photos #1 and #2 © Aldi). [2] The gingerbread log. All three log flavors are four ounces. [3] Serve with crackers that aren’t noticeably salted; plus honey, raisins and other dried fruits, and nuts (photo © Belle Chevre).   You never know what surprise items you’ll find at an…
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St. Lucia Distillers Chairman’s Reserve Spiced Rum

Our Tip Of The Day, St. Lucia Distillers Chairman’s Reserve Spiced Rum, is a winner for these reasons and more: Natural. The spice flavor is all-natural. Only real spices grown on the island—not extracts or artificial flavors used by big-name brands and others—are infused into the rum. Sipping. It’s a delicious sipping rum, fragrant with…
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Mashed Cauliflower Recipe With Garlic, To Fool Mashed Potato Lovers

[1] It looks like mashed potatoes, but it’s mashed cauliflower (photo © Chef Wave). [2] A beautiful head of cauliflower. Don’t throw away the stalk: cut, cook and mash it with the rest (photo © Jennifer Schmidt | Unsplash). [3] You can use colored cauliflower, of course (photo © Sid Wainer & Son | Facebook).…
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