Jar Goods Tomato Sauce, Like Homemade Pasta Sauce

Many food entrepreneurs we’ve met have started their businesses because friends and family said, “This [salsa-pie-barbecue sauce-relish-whatever] is so good, you should sell it. In the case of Melissa Vitelli, co-founder of Jar Goods, it was her father-in-law’s “famous” tomato sauce—recipe that she cooked in advance and relied on to make dinner quickly. She used…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Vino De Milo Gourmet Pasta Sauce & Bruschetta

We first discovered Vino de Milo in 2005. It was a new line of gourmet tomato sauces for pasta and other dishes. Each flavor had a different wine in the recipe. It was a delight atop our pasta, chicken, eggs and tofu, and wonderful for gift-giving to cooks and non-cooks alike. But not every new…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Eliminate Microwave Spatter & An Excellent Gourmet Pasta Sauce

No need to spatter sauce all over the microwave. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   To save cleaning a saucepan, we often microwave sauces in the bottle or jar. Dessert sauces are thick and don’t spatter. But pasta sauces can create microwave spatters that take more time to clean than the saucepan. Here’s…
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