PRODUCT: Coconut Grater From Microplane

Your coconut cake deserves fresh-grated coconut. Photo courtesy Taste Of Home. Here’s the recipe.   Recently, the folks at Microplane wrote to tell us that their Microplane Elite Extra Coarse Grater was terrific for grating coconut. The grater has large grating holes that give fresh coconut a texture similar to commercial shredded coconut—but if you’re…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Color Shredded Coconut

[1] It’s easy to color coconut to make desserts more fun (photo © McCormick). [2] Shredded coconut from Gourmet Food World (photo © Gourmet Food World).   It’s easy to tint coconut for Easter cakes/cupcakes or any other holiday, using food coloring.     HOW TO COLOR SHREDDED COCONUT   Ingredients Shredded coconut Food coloring…
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PRODUCT: Naturally Nora Cake Mixes & Frosting

Prepackaged cake mixes don’t have to be full of artificial ingredients or hydrogenated oils. That’s what Nora Schultz thought when she created Naturally Nora Baking Mixes—and frosting mixes, of course! The packaging is environmentally friendly as well. The mixes are free of artificial ingredients, colors and preservatives. Instead, the company seeks out natural ingredient suppliers…
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PRODUCT: New Liberté Yogourt Flavors Rock

Delicious for light lunch, snacking or dessert (photo THE NIBBLE).   Vive la liberté: Liberté Yogurt has introduced two fab new flavors into its Mediteranée line of yogurts, and we think we like them even better than all of the other flavors. That’s saying a lot, since we have long been enamored of the entire…
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