THE NIBBLE BLOG: Products, Recipes & Trends In Specialty Foods
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December 18, 2012 at 7:41 am
· Filed under Cheese-Yogurt-Dairy, Christmas, Thanksgiving & Fall
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Vermont Creamery’s exceptional cultured sea salt butter has a maple accent for the holidays. Photo courtesy Vermont Creamery.
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One of America’s great producers of artisan butters, Vermont Butter & Cheese Creamery, has introduced two new products for holiday season:
Cultured Butter with Maple & Sea Salt
Crème Fraîche with Bourbon Madagascar Vanilla
Both products, available exclusively at Whole Foods Markets, add delicious seasonal accents.
The Cultured Butter with Maple & Sea Salt combines top-quality Vermont cream with pure Vermont maple sugar and sea salt crystals.
The contrast of salty crunch with the sweetness of the maple is delicious on pancakes and waffles, stirred into hot oatmeal, baked into cookies, melted over roasted squash or other veggies, potatoes and rice, or simply spread over a warm piece of crusty bread or toast. The combination of sweet and savory is a hit.
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Crème Fraîche with Bourbon Madagascar Vanilla combines the flavor of pure vanilla with tart crème fraîche. The result is a subtly sweet, rich and nutty taste well suited to topping tarts and pies, mixing into brownies, warming as a sauce, or as a base for crème brûlée.
MAKE BOTH AT HOME
If you can’t find the products, you can make your own.
For maple butter, soften top-quality unsalted butter and add maple sugar to taste. Then stir in a pinch or two of sea salt.
For crème fraîche, stir vanilla sugar into regular crème fraîche.
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December 18, 2012 at 7:14 am
· Filed under Beverages, Giftable, Kitchenware-Tabletop
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You can “zing anything” in your water bottle with Aqua Zinger and Citrus Zinger, new concepts that should have great appeal for lovers of flavored water.
The two new water bottles (actually thermos bottles that keep your drink cool as well) make naturally-infused flavored water, full of vitamins and other nutrients plus antioxidants. Commercially flavored waters use extracts.
The double wall stainless steel thermos bottles keep your drink and ingredients insulated. A wide-mouth top allows for the easy addition of ice cubes. As a thermos, the products can be used to carry hot beverages as well.
Both create a convenient new way to enjoy drinking water, adding your favorite flavors to satisfy your palate.
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The Aqua Zinger infuses flavor from fresh fruit and/or herbs into your water bottle. Photo courtesy Brookstone.
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AQUA ZINGER
First, the Aqua Zinger: a water bottle that naturally infuses still or carbonated water with the juice and essence of fresh fruits and herbs: basil, blackberries, citrus, ginger, kiwi, mint, peach, raspberries, strawberries and other favorites.
The fruits and herbs go into the bottom, screw-on base where grinder blades pulverize them and send the essences to infuse into the water. Mix and match and get creative: The flavors and ingredients are limited only by your imagination.
Aqua Zinger Flavored Water Maker is $26.00 to $29.00 in stainless steel with aqua, lime green, hot pink or black accents; at Brookstone stores and Amazon.com.
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Citrus Zinger is a combination water bottle and citrus juicer. Photo courtesy Brookstone.
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CITRUS ZINGER
When life gives you lemons, add them to the Citrus Zinger. Designed specifically for citrus fruits, Citrus Zinger juices clementines, lemons, limes and other citrus, and infuses the water with the juice. (Most oranges and grapefruits are too wide for the bottle-size juicer.)
It’s the easiest way to extract citrus juice and infuse the flavor directly into your water bottle, enriching your water with vitamin C and flavonoids (citrus antioxidants).
Citrus Zinger is available in aqua, lime green and orange for $20.
MORE TO ZING
The company also makes:
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Vodka Zinger, a way for mixologists to infuse flavor into vodka or other spirits
Salad Zinger, which infuses flavor (citrus, fruit, garlic, onion, spices) into olive oil or a vinaigrette (peach balsamic salad dressing is a snap!)
Learn more at ZingAnything.com.
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December 17, 2012 at 8:19 am
· Filed under Candy & Confections, Christmas, Giftable
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Still looking for holiday gifts? Candy is typically a safe bet: If the recipient doesn’t want to eat it all, he or she can serve it to guests.
We like this charming candy globe from Williams-Sonoma:
The six-inch-diameter, reusable papier-mâché globe is filled with 10.9 ounces of classic holiday favorites: a milk-chocolate Santa, cinnamon gummy Santas, red-and-white peppermint twists and a medley of sweet jelly beans and sour gummy stars.
The treats are beloved by kids and adults alike.
If you want to create your own nostalgic candy gift, look for a papier-mâché box or other reusable packaging and head to the candy store to make your selection.
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A charming reusable container filled with sure-to-disappear-quickly candies. Photo courtesy Williams-Sonoma. |
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