The shirt says it all (and is a unique gift
for bacon-loving friends).

San Francisco chef/butcher Ryan Farr of 4505 Meats creates tee shirts that celebrate his products. “Bacon Is The New Black” is a shirt that will appeal to many people we know.

The limited-edition tees are printed on American Apparel 100% cotton jersey shirts. They’re available online at 4505meats.com while supplies last, for $25.00.

• For free, take a look at our Pork Cuts & Pork Products Glossary—nine pages of pork knowledge with absolutely delicious pictures.
• Check out yummy pork recipes.

THE NIBBLE kitchen enables us to squeeze fresh lemon juice. But if your workplace doesn’t afford that luxury and you drink lots of water, bring extra bottles filled only with 1/4 to 1 teaspoon of lemon juice. The almost-empty bottles don’t weigh much, and you can fill them with tap water when you get to work.

Other options:

• Keep lemon juice at work if there’s a fridge. Italian Volcano Lemon Burst is the only bottled lemon juice we use. It doesn’t have that “reconstituted” taste because it isn’t reconstituted—it’s real organic lemon juice and tastes like fresh-squeezed.
• True Lemon is a powdered option that requires no refrigeration. It comes in tiny packets like artificial sweetener and has an excellent flavor.
• Another option needing no fridge: lemon extract. Find it in the supermarket with the other extracts and add a few drops to your water bottle. (We use a medicine dropper to do this neatly.)
• Try lime water, too!

When life gives you lemons, make lemon
water. Photo courtesy Italian Volcano.

Several mouth-watering flavors of Mama’s
Goodies. Photo by Hannah Kaminsky |
THE NIBBLE.

Mama’s Goodies blends seeds and nuts with honey, maple syrup and real butter. This all-natural (and kosher-certified) treat can serve as dessert or as a sweet snack. It’s not a classic buttercrunch (made with sugar and without the seeds), but it’s a honeyed delight. (Don’t know the difference between toffee and buttercrunch? Find out in our ABCs Of Toffee Article.)

• THE PRIZE: One winner will get to taste all five flavors of Mama’s Goodies: Almond, Cashew, Macadamia & Coconut, Pecan and Sesame Seed. All five boxes will be shipped just in time to share with mom. Approximate retail value: $25.
• To Enter This Gourmet Giveaway: Go to the box at the bottom of our Toffee & Buttercrunch Section and enter your email address for the prize drawing. This contest closes on Monday, April 26th at noon, Eastern Time. Good luck!
• Learn more about Mama’s Goodies.

The SKrAPr was born after its inventor scratched his own glass cooktop with the conventional razor-type cleaning implement. Made with a patented blend of ?resins that will not mark or damage any surface, The SKrAPr easily pushes through hardened food deposits. The hard edge also is effective for digging into corners.

But The SKrAPr (we’re getting dizzy from looking at this silly spelling) has proven its usefulness for multiple scraping tasks. It safely cleans pots, pans and glass cooking ?vessels, and enables scratch-free scraping of hardwood floors, tiles, granite counters, windows and ?more.

The tool sports an ergonomically correct handle for optimum ?leverage and scraping ability. It’s dishwasher safe.

Scrape without scratching. Photo courtesy
Handy Home Products.

And you preserve that pricey cooktop from ugly scratches.

• Learn more about The SKrAPr. You can get the 8-inch SKraPR and a mini 4-inch SKrAPr for $14.99 at: TheSKrAPr.com. 

Improvise with melted ice cream to create
a dessert sauce. Photo by Rie Shoji | SXC.

1. Melt a pint of ice cream at room temperature or in the refrigerator.

2. Stir in 2 ounces (jiggers) of Bourbon. Makes 2 cups.

Melted caramel, chocolate, coffee and dulce de leche ice cream also work as sauces. Instead of Bourbon, you can use rum, chocolate liqueur, coffee liqueur, orange liqueur or other spirit that picks up accents in your dessert.

Instead of pouring them over (or under) a dessert, you also can serve these “sauces” in jiggers or liqueur glasses as a “chasers” to the dessert, right before coffee.

• Find reviews of our favorite dessert sauces plus recipes in our Dessert Sauces section.
• What’s the difference between a coulis and a purée? Crème anglaise and sabayon? See our Dessert Sauces Glossary.