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December 4, 2007 at 1:30 pm
· Filed under Giftable, Great Food, Salts-Seasonings-Herbs-Spices, Soups
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Whether you’re stuffing many stockings, need teacher gifts, are playing Secret Santa or are going to lots of parties, our Stocking Stuffer gift list has something for everyone. Most of our recommended goodies cost less than $6.00, and the most expensive is $12.95. So…what can you give those good little [gourmet] boys and girls?
– Bellamessa Sea Salts in fabulous flavors
– Cabot Creamery’s Cheddar Shake For Popcorn (so good, we shake it on everything)
– Chocolate-Covered Nuts from top chocolatiers like Charles Chocolate, Coco-Luxe and Michael Recchiuti
– Das Caramelini’s Salted Caramels, a recent NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week |
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We’d like to find lots of these in our stocking—and all the other stocking stuffers, too! |
– Frontier Soups’ Gourmet Soup Packets, another Top Pick Of The Week
– Gourmet Ketchup, an eye-opening experience
– Honeyland New Zealand’s Blue Borage Honey, a new experience, no doubt, for most honey lovers
– J&M’s Lemon Cookies, luscious little bites
– McSweet’s Cocktail Garlic and Onions—perfect for drinks, garnishes or the relish tray
– Pierre Marcolini’s Christmas Chocolate Bars
– Rich Design’s Snowflake Cookies–beautiful, delicious and handmadeSee our other gift lists in the Gift Finder section of THE NIBBLE online magazine |
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December 4, 2007 at 1:27 pm
· Filed under Chocolate, Special Sweets, Top Pick Of The Week
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Beauteous bonbons, handmade by the artisans at Lillie Belle Farms. Photography by Dhanraj Emanuel. |
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A few years ago, chef Jeff Shepherd stuck a toe into the chocolate business by selling four flavors of bonbons from the back of his car at farmers markets in southern Oregon. Today, the nationally-acclaimed, award-winning artisan chocolatier is master of a product line of more than 20 confections that includes some of the best chocolates, caramels and toffees in America—not to mention our favorite product from this year’s Fancy Food Show, the Smokey Blue Truffle (that’s a chocolate ganache and blue cheese truffle, and before you raise an eyebrow, everyone who tastes it wants to buy a box).
While the entire line is not certified organic, many of the ingredients, including the chocolate couverture and the fruits grown on Jeff’s two-acre organic farm, are. We formally certify that everything in this line is a must-try. We would practically hitchhike to Oregon for the Lavender Salt Caramels, the Spicy Cayenne Caramels, the flavored toffees (Cocoa Nib, Macadamia Nut, Pistachio and Spicy Pecan) and those Smokey Blue Truffles. Read the full review. |
| See more of our favorite sweet treats in the Chocolate Section and the Candy Section of THE NIBBLE online magazine. |
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December 4, 2007 at 1:12 pm
· Filed under Beverages, Diet Nibbles, Giftable
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| When we first reviewed Bling H2O spring water, we thought it was the ne plus ultra of spring water packaging. It still is—it’s hard to do better than a frosted wine bottle with embedded Swarovski crystals that exclaim “bling.” But depending on your taste (in bottles, not water), you may prefer Aquadeco, an Art Deco glass bottle blown in Slovenia in the design of a vase, according to the manufacturer (but we think it looks like a trophy). Even better, there‘s an optional stand for the bottle that lights it from underneath. Give ‘em the old razzle-dazzle: At $35 a bottle, it’s a gift that is perfect for anyone. Who doesn’t need to drink more water? It’s certainly a desktop conversation piece (it truly looks like you won an award), and it’s refillable (with—gasp—tap water or your favorite jug spring water) for serving water at home or for drinking more at work. Read the full review, and take a look at Bling and other waters in the Water Section of THE NIBBLE online magazine. |
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Canadian spring water in a “trophy” glass bottle. |
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