TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Perky Jerky

We receive lots of jerky samples. Most are tough and not anything we’d want to gnaw. Then there’s tender, delightful jerky, like Perky Jerky. In four varieties each of beef and turkey jerky, it has what marketers call “added value”: Perky Jerky is caffeinated with guarana (gwahr-uh-NAH), an Amazonian fruit whose seeds contain about twice…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Poco Dolce Chocolates

For a special Father‘s Day gift, any chocolate lover will love you for sending him Poco Dolce—a two-time NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week. the chocolate-covered salted caramels, chocolate tiles, toffee, flavored chocolate bars, peanut brittle and special whiskey-infused truffles are sublime. The flavors include “original” (we’d never call them “plain”) plus Almond, Almond Coconut,…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Rabbit’s Garlic

Rabbit’s Garlic is pickled garlic in five flavors, used here a canapé garnish, in hummus-carrot and mozzarella-tomato combinations. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   We like garlic, but wouldn’t consider ourselves to be garlic lovers. Yet, we love Rabbit’s Garlic. The picked garlic is made in five flavors, each of which can be…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Crispin Hard Apple Cider

Crispin Original, our go-to hard apple cider. Photo courtesy Crispin Cider.   For the upcoming trio of holidays—Memorial Day, Fathere’s Day and Independence Day—we’d like to recommend something festive to drink: sparkling Crispin Hard Apple Cider. Whether or not you’re currently a cider fan, we’ve got to evangelize over what we think is the most…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Freekah & Snack Gifts

A “NEW” ANCIENT GRAIN Watch out, quinoa: There’s a new grain in town. Although it’s only new to America; freekeh dates to about 2300 B.C.E. As the story goes, freekeh was created by accident when a Middle Eastern village was attacked. The hostiles set the fields of young green wheat blaze. After the enemy departed,…
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