'Foodie Gift Ideas'

The people at Vino de Milo wanted to know if I would review their product. So that’s my first disclosure — I did not pay for this product. My second disclosure — I would buy this product  in the real…

I was in Half Price Books the other day and was having a good time browsing through…

The Internet and all it’s various uses mean that those on your gifting list may not always been in the same town (or even country) as you. While it’d be great to share a holiday cocktail with friends far and…

What’s a cholive? It’s like what it sounds…a chocolate olive. Not a chocolate covered olive but a chocolate olive, a cocktail chocolate that pairs well with cocktails or coffee laced with liquors and spirits. Cholives are a bit decadent but…

While every other article is telling you to eat in moderation on Thanksgiving, this is the advice you’ve been waiting for.

It’s common sense. If you’re going to make all that food — just eat it!

Finally, there’s an author…

I received a press release with some really beautiful and yummy photos for National Chocolate Cupcake Day.  Here’s the store in New Jersey that is happy to celebrate the holiday.

It got me thinking about all these different national…

Maraschino cherries are odd. What strikes me about their oddness is the screaming colors of fire engine red and emerald green. We know that cherries do not look like that distorted in real life. It’s okay to dye your hair red…

Pausing in my back-log of restaurant experiences and pseudo-reviews, I want to talk about a neat little thing I picked up for the kitchen not too long ago: an oil can.

No, not the poppa-poppa-sounding one they used to keep…

What a lovely berry, the gooseberry!  When was the last time you saw or heard of a gooseberry?  Well, my opportunity was a few weeks ago when I went with my garden club to tour a lovely country garden in…

A couple of years ago, I got a fun present – it was a kit that included everything I needed to make my own pure vanilla extract.  Somebody made a lot of money on that kit because the truth…