How To Host A Candy Apple Party

Is this your year to host a candy apple party for Halloween? Kids and adults alike will love the opportunity to customize caramel and/or red candy apples. First send out the invites, then start to gather the ingredients. You prepare trays of candy- and or caramel-coated apples, and guests do a quick re-dip and add…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Dinner In A Broth Bowl

An elegant broth bowl, with duck breast and foie gras. Photo courtesy Duet Brasserie.   Are bowl bowls trending? Last month we wrote about layered salad bowls. Today it’s broth bowls—a dish that dates back to prehistory*, as soon as vessels were made to hold soup. Homo sapiens (us modern humans) emerged about 200,000 years…
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National Trail Mix Day & A Custom Trail Mix Recipe

Updated August 2026 August 31st is National Trail Mix Day. Why not make your own blend with the options below? We have a “signature mix” that people like so much, they request it as hostess gifts instead of another bottle of wine. Below: > What is trail mix? > The history of trail mix. >…
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