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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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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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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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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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At a recent coffee and tea fair, what excited us most was not any of the fine coffees or teas, but Biscottea, a line of all-natural shortbread cookies baked with organic teas—just a touch, to provide interest. The buttery Scottish shortbread without the tea inclusions would have been good enough to accompany any cup of…
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