ChocolaTea: A 20-Calorie High Antioxidant Brewed Chocolate Beverage

ChocolaTea™, our Top Pick Of The Week, is a special drink: a naturally sugar-free, dairy-free, vegan, dark chocolate beverage. It’s made from fermented, dried, and roasted organic cacao beans*. It isn’t tea. It isn’t a creamy drink like hot chocolate or cocoa (unless you want it to be). Nor is it a product called drinking…
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Cheese Bits: Elegant Food Fun For Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Cheese Bits of Riverbank, California, has captured our attention with its innovative line of Cheese Bits “bite size premium snacking cheeses.” We love innovation, and Cheese Bits has it covered with three product lines, all under the umbrella of Mozzamini Cheese Bits. The artisanal, all-natural, premium snacking cheeses are made with milk from local Northern…
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Issei Mochi Gummies For The Lunar New Year & Beyond

[1] Issei Mochi Gummies, all natural, vegan, and delicious (photos #1 through #5 © Issei). [2] Vanilla Mochi Gummies. The small packages are portion-controlled and great for small treats and gift bags. [3] Set out a dish with after-dinner coffee. [4] Founder Mika Shino uses mochi to decorate a mini birthday cake. [5] How about…
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The Flavor Of The Year For 2024 Is Ube. What Is Ube?

Experts at one of the world’s top food and beverage flavor companies have officially identified the official 2024 Flavor of the Year. It’s Ube (OO-beh). The “Flavor of the Year” was recently introduced in the 2024 Food and Beverage Flavor Trends Report, an annual publication by California-based T. Hasegawa USA, one of the world’s top…
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Galette Des Rois, Epiphany Cake, A Delight Throughout January

[1] Galette des Rois from the acclaimed French pastry chef Raymond Blanc. Here’s his recipe (photo © Raymond Blanc). [2] Many bakeries provide a gold paper crown so the person who gets the slice with the fève (charm) can be crowned king or queen. You can buy this cake and crown from Goldbelly (photo ©…
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