Category: Top Pick Of The Week

Flour & Olive Gourmet Cake Mixes: Elegant & Easy

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Olive oil cake is similar to any other cake, except for the fat. Olive oil is substituted for butter (or other fat) in the recipe. It’s important to use high-quality olive oil, as it will be a dominant flavor. We have long lamented a local bakery that closed after addicting us to its plain, simple,…
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Absenthe Brand Absinthe For The Creative People In Your Life

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Do you need a special gift for a creative person? How about a bottle of absinthe (photo #1), a green spirit (it’s not a liqueur, as it has no added sugar) that’s distilled from herbs and botanicals? That person should also like licorice. Absinthe is an anise-flavored‡ spirit (check out the difference between anise and…
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Perrystead Dairy’s Award-Winning Cheeses For You & For Gifts

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[1] For yourself or as gifts to your favorite cheese lovers, head to a great cheese store or to Perrystead Dairy. You can pick the cheeses yourself or send a gift card (photos #1, #2, #3, #4, and #7 © Perrystead Dairy). [2] Intergalactic, the gold medal winner. The wrinkles are a signature of Geotrichum…
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Uncle Jerry’s Pretzels: Gifts & Personal Pretzel Fantasies

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[1] Extra Dark Pretzels from Uncle Jerry’s are our new favorite (all photos © Uncle Jerry’s Pretzels). [2] The eight-ounce bags are perfect for gift bags, stocking stuffers, and party favors. [3] We lost our heart to these Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites, in dark or milk chocolate. If you’re a fan of chocolate-peanut butter cups,…
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Pechuga Mezcal: A Perfect Spirit For Thanksgiving (And Beyond)

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[1] Bring a bottle of Pechuga Convite to Thanksgiving dinner (photos #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 © Convite Mezcal). [2] This bottle style, fancifully styled with a turkey (a stylist’s prop), is reserved for Convite’s Wild Agave expressions, each highlighting a different agave variety. [3] Pechuga Convite was awarded a silver in this…
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