TIP OF THE DAY: Make Your Own Version Of Haagen-Daz Spirits Ice Cream

What’s new at Häagen-Daz? The company is rolling out a line of alcohol-infused ice cream treats this month, called Häagen-Dazs Spirits Collection (photo #1). With flavors made variously with bourbon, rum and liqueurs, each pint contains less than 0.5% alcohol by volume. Federal law does not consider any beverage that contains less than 0.5% alcohol…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Aquasana Clean Water Machine, A Better Option For Your Drinking Water

[1] The narrow footprint of the Aquasana Clean Water Machine fits on most kitchen counters. This style, which dispenses from the unit, is available in black (photo courtesy Aquasana). [2] This style, which we have, dispenses filtered water into a removable half-gallon pitcher. It is available in black or white (photo courtesy Aquasana). [3] We…
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PRODUCTS: Chevoo Goat Cheese, Trois Petits Cochons Egg Bites, Upton’s Naturals Thai Pastas

[1] Chevoo, EVOO-marinated cubes of goat cheese in five flavors (photo courtesy Chevoo). [2] Ready-to-eat Egg Bites from Les Trois Petites Cochons (photo courtesy 3Pigs.com). [3] You can garnish Egg Bites any way you like, or enjoy them plain (photo courtesy 3Pigs.com). [4] Two of Upton’s Naturals’ four Thai-inspired pastas (photo courtesy Live Kindly).  …
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: The Matzo Project, Delicious Flavored Matzo

Matzo, variously translated from Hebrew as matzoh, matza, matzah, matztzah and other spellings, is a 3,000-year-old accidental recipe.     SOME MATZO HISTORY As anyone who knows the story of Exodus will remember, in the time of Moses, Egypt’s pharaoh* finally agreed after much appealing, and then the 10 plagues, to let the enslaved children…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Golden Cannoli Chips

Our favorite discover of the summer is Golden Cannoli Chips, The Original Cannoli Chip. The sweet chips provide the cannoli‡ experience without our having to go out for cannoli, a dessert we simply can’t resist. At home, we dip them into some sweetened ricotta cheese, to enjoy “deconstructed” cannoli (the full recipe follows). Golden Cannoli…
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