TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Food Should Taste Good Tortilla Chips

  Food Should Taste Good makes a rainbow of flavors. Above, Jalapeño and the barely sweet Chocolate tortilla chips, which can be enjoyed with sweet dips, hot chocolate, even ice cream. Sometimes, you take certain foods for granted, without appreciating how good they are. We’ve been nibbling away on Food Should Taste Good tortilla chips…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Ruby Et Violette Brownies

We taste a lot of great food in our line of work. Sometimes we feel honored to taste. Such are the six brownie flavors of Ruby et Violette. Ruby et Violette’s chocolate chunk cookies were a Top Pick Of The Week in 2005. Since then, the original owner retired and three energetic young sisters bought…
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TOP PICK: Truly Wize Organic Bakery

Truly Wize Organic Bakery specializes in baked-to-order artisan cookies, biscotti and shortbread gifts. Everything is made with premium, 100% organic ingredients. These are feel-good, as well as taste-good, products. Not only is the comfort food—such as chocolate chip, peanut butter, lemon ginger and snicker doodle cookies, and cranberry orange and chocolate walnut biscotti—impressive-tasting, it’s pesticide-…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Carpe Diem Botanic Water

This gentle line of “botanic waters,” a.k.a. lightly-carbonated soft drinks flavored with botanicals (fruits and herbs), is the antithesis of the energy drink made famous by Carpe Diem’s parent company, Red Bull International. Made from Alpine spring water with homeopathic plant extracts, the soft, natural sweetness comes from pear juice—there’s no added sugar. The net…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Cool Beans

Travelers to Provence and Italy have likely been served an appetizer dip and spread made of white beans. A purée of slow-cooked beans, flavored with lemon, garlic and fresh herbs, is delightful for dipping crudités and breadsticks and for spreading on bread and crackers. In Morocco, a spicier version called bissara, made with fava beans,…
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