From Faith: Some experts insist that getting air into red wine, often from using an expensive aerator or decanter will make the wine taste better. I have some expensive tools that do just that and use them when I have a powerful red. That’s why I snapped to attention when I opened Cook’s Illustrated magazine and […]
Food Products
Where to Buy a Great Ham
If ham’s on your Easter menu, we have three suggestions for you if you’d like to move beyond the standard supermarket fare: Monte’s Ham of Bridgehampton New York… Nodine’s of Goshen, Connecticut… Footsteps Farm, North Stonington, Connecticut.
The Best Vegetable Broth to Buy
We like Swanson’s organic vegetable broth, and while shopping quickly, that’s the one we usually grab. It didn’t surprise us that it was among the top three vegetable broths chosen by our pals at Cooks Illustrated. What interested us was that they also gave top honors to two more — Orrington Farms Vegan Chicken Flavored […]
The Brown Butter Chocolate Bar (Gluten-Free)
From Faith: Attention, chocolate-lovers… there’s a bar you might like as much as I do. I like it enough to avert my eyes as I walk past the rack of bars in the market calling out to me. I like it enough to think how lovely it will be to get up the next morning because […]
Some Clever Holiday Gift Ideas for Food Lovers
From Faith: For the cocktail or beer-lover, I suggest the new double-walled glass that keeps the drink very cold, even as you hold it in your hand. Olive Oil makes a lovely present almost everyone will use; I think Ariston from Greece is affordable and of terrific quality for the money. (Sold at many markets or […]
Quick Video: Faith Tries the Aw Shucks Oyster Opener
By her own admission, Faith can’t open an oyster or clam to save her life, despite that she loves both. This explains why she was intrigued when she saw a magazine ad for the Aw Shucks!™ Oyster Opener, claiming that “anyone” can open an oyster using this contraption. Pretty soon, Larry Schneider of Maine was […]
