If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, there’s not a medical professional within miles of us. Know why? Because we’re swooning on apples, big-time. Hey, it’s fall! Here are our favorite things to do with the fruit that started it all: Apple Pie Lets start with an oldie but a goodie, the luscious apple pie. Tart apples, sweet [...]
Call it an idyllic childhood, but during those hot summer days with my dad cutting the grass, I remember begging my mom to whip up a couple of pitchers of cold, refreshing lemonade. Yes, I even had a stand with my neighborhood friends. Those were the good old days, I suppose, and I had a chance to revisit them this [...]
There are some foods that just scream summer, ice cream, watermelon, hot dogs, hamburgers, corn on the cob… you get the idea, but there is one summer staple that always leaves us wanting some more. If that last word didn’t give you a hint, let us be more clear, s’mores! Surprisingly enough this delicious desert is lacking just one thing [...]
Summer is finally in full swing, ACs are cranking, grills are firing, and the 4th of July is finally here. People across the country close up shop early and head out to their weekend destinations. I don’t know about you, but when I think of celebrating Independence Day, I always think picnic. So whether you are barbequing on the beach or [...]
Are you obsessed with the ooey gooey goodness of caramel? No? Well you will be the moment your tongue gets a taste of Happy Goat. Infatuated with making only the best caramel in the world — no big deal, right? — Happy Goat uses only the best-of-the-best ingredients, but we wouldn’t expect any less from a caramel that is crafted [...]
At Sahagún Handmade Chocolates, they believe your first bite should always taste like your first bite, and that food should taste the way your buds tell you it tastes, not the way you see it, smell it, or think it to be. Owner Elizabeth Montes sees her creations as self-serving, only whatever tastes good to her makes the cut. Luckily for [...]
Artisanal confectioners are popping up across the country and putting a spin on traditional candy crafting. Out on the west coast, a pin has been dropped on Portland, Oregon. Faith Dionne, former pastry chef and owner of Bees & Beans chocolate bars, has set out to showcase the northwestern region in her candy bars. Made in small batches out of [...]
This San Francisco based confectioner makes her chocolate concoctions addictive by using all natural ingredients sourced from within the great state of California. It’s only appropriate that candymaker Michelle Crochet named her company Droga, which translates to drug — after one of her impossibly delicious treats pumps through your veins you’ll think she’s a heroin. Oops, we mean heroine. What inspired [...]
Adding a dash of salt and a pinch of pepper to taste is a common ritual at the dinner table, but have you ever thought of spicing up chocolate with the same types of seasoning? If you’re as skeptical, Salazon Chocolate Company will surely change your mind. Salazon — Spanish for salt — has pumped out a line of sweet [...]
The term “hand grown chocolates” makes us wish we had a chocolate tree in the backyard so we could grow our own confections. Unfortunately, we can’t all be genius chocolate masters, that’s why we have Fleurir and the madly beautiful couple behind it — Robert Ludlow and Ashley Hubbard. I recently caught up with the brilliant Ms. Hubbard (now it’s [...]
