Foodie Gift Guide: Top 10 Picksfeatured
Let the chestnuts roast and the eggnog flow, it’s that time of year again! Here’s our short list of unique food-centric gifts that will bring a smile to your favorite foodie’s face.
1. Sushi Booties (For the Avant-Garde Baby)
You’re never too young to develop a shoe fetish. These super soft fleece Sushi Booties ($24), fashioned to resemble your favorite piece of soosh, are the perfect gift for hip parents or the sushi-deprived mommy-to-be. Each set of booties is handmade to order and comes in a sushi bento box ready for gift-giving!
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Friday Freebie: Marianberry Confectionsfeatured
Coooooooookies!!!
I officially became the Cookie Monster incarnate when I opened this joyful gift box from our friends at Marianberry Confections. Feast your eyes, people!
Giant chocolate chip cookies, a stack of oatmeal raisin cookies, beautiful Linzer cookies, itty bitty wisps of choco chip cookies, bite-sized shortbread cookies, classic almond biscotti…it was all enough to throw a girl into a cookie-crazed, crumbs-flying tizzy.
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Banana Cream Pie with Chocolate Ganache & Salted Caramel Saucefeatured
I’ve been dreaming of banana cream pie ever since I had a taste of Melissa Chou’s (Aziza) deconstructed version inspired by The Essential New York Times Cookbook. I thoroughly enjoyed Chou’s elegant take on the dessert, but I had a hankering for something a little homier.
I had visions of a pretty Southern belle of a pie, with little flair, of course. A classic golden graham cracker crust coated with dark chocolate ganache, sweet bananas, thick vanilla-specked pastry cream, and pillows of soft whipped cream swirled with salted caramel.
Mmm…I could almost taste it already.
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Thanksgiving Leftovers: Sweet Potato Pancakes and Black Friday Onlinefeatured
Black Friday. A holiday for bargain-hunters, early birds, and those stricken temporarily insane from the incredible savings. Shop ‘til you drop (or shop ‘til someone dropkicks you for the last iPad /vacuum cleaner/Sing-a-Ma-Jigs).
This year, I’m going to pass on the lines and the crowds of shopping zombies with their deal-crazed eyes. No 4 am doorbuster for me. No, this girl is going to be sleeping in and waking up to a leisurely breakfast. It will be a shocker if I even change out of my PJs while the sun is still shining.
Like you, I’ll most definitely have a little tower of Tupperware looming in my fridge. No doubt there will be sweet potatoes in the mix – sweet potato casserole, sweet potato pie, maybe even a baked sweet potato or two. Mash some up (go ahead, include the marshmallows if you must) and combine with the ingredients for your pancakes. Voila! Sweet Potato Pancakes. Your first Thanksgiving leftovers makeover meal of the day is complete.
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