TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Gourmet Chocolates

Just in time for Easter and Mother’s Day, we have seven artisan chocolatiers for you to meet. Producing gourmet chocolates by hand, these dedicated artists make their chocolate into literal eye candy, as each creates distinctive looks and shapes for their bonbons. Filled with creamy chocolate ganache in many flavors—plus some salted caramels—these chocolates will…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Teatulía Organic Tea Bags

Teatulia teas are organic, sustainably packaged, and help their Bangladeshcommunity. Photo by River Soma | THE NIBBLE.   Teatulía produces the best organic tea bags we’ve tried to date. Why is the tea so flavorful? The tea leaves are very fresh: There’s no middleman who buys and warehouses the tea, then sells it to marketers…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Gourmet Marshmallows

A two-layer Black Forest marshmallow with a chocolate bottom and a top made withcherry purée. It’s topped with dried cherriesand chopped chocolate. From CrumblesCookie Factory, it’s fabulous. Photo byRiver Soma | THE NIBBLE.   To adapt comedian Rodney Dangerfield’s famous line, marshmallows don’t get no respect. At least in the world of fine confections. That’s…
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TOP PICK: Gourmet Vegan For Everyone, Plus Flexitarians, Pescatarians, & Others

Delicious Vegan Ginger Chicken. Photocourtesy Vegetarian Plus.   If you’re not already a flexitarian, pescatarian or vegetarian, a vegan diet may seem extreme. Give up all animal products, including dairy, eggs and honey? If that sounds like too much sacrifice, you should still consider choosing it for a day or two each week. It’s not…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Guayusa Tea

Save the rainforest, save the world. This adaptation of a catchphrase from the first season of “Heroes” floated through our head as we enjoyed cup after cup of delicious and refreshing guayusa. What is guayusa (why-YOU-suh)? It’s a perkier cousin of yerba maté, a tea brewed from South American holly leaves. Maté and guayusa come…
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