Creme Brulee

Make your desserts look divine with edible crystallized flowers: Preserved in sugar, they’re showstoppers. This mix of organically grown pansies and violets is from SurLaTable.com.


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Hot Chocolate Tasting

Here’s a fun way to entertain kids and adults alike: Get five or six different brands of cocoa, from supermarket varieties up to the best gourmet products. Use a magic marker on paper cups (or a china marker if you have enough ceramic cups) and give everyone a half cup of each to taste blind. Start with the first and discuss it: flavor elements, likes, dislikes. Taste them all, have everyone rank their favorites, then reveal the what they are. Not only is this a fun (and tasty!) activity, it helps people develop their palates and learn how to discuss food. Click here to get an idea of which cocoas and hot chocolates to test.

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  5. How To Taste Chocolate
  6. 25 Great Hot Chocolate Tricks
  7. Tea & Food Pairings
  8. Brewing The Perfect Cup Of Tea
  9. Gourmet News & Views
  10. The Aromas & Flavors Of Wine
  11. Conduct Your Own Chocolate & Wine Tasting
  12. The Flavors & Aromas Of Chocolate
  13. Beer Glossary
  14. The Aromas & Flavors Of Coffee
  15. Coffee Glossary
  16. Wine & Dessert Pairings
  17. Caviar Glossary
  18. Favorite Caviar Recipes
  19. Pairing Varietal Honeys With Foods & Beverages
  20. Tea Glossary
  21. List Of Food Glossaries
  22. Water Glossary
  23. Toffee & Buttercrunch
  24. Pasta Glossary
  25. Guide To Pasta Shapes
  26. The History of Tea
  27. Types Of Honey
  28. Tea Facts
  29. P.B. Loco Peanut Butter
  30. Olive Oil Glossary
  31. A History Of The Potato Chip
  32. Savannah Bee Company Rare Honeys
  33. Designer Ice Cubes
  34. A Chocolate Bath

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February brings Valentine’s Day—lots of chocolate—plus all the wonderful cherry goodies as an homage to Washington’s Birthday on the 22nd (try our Cherry Chocolate Chip cookie recipe). See the treats in store in the Table of Contents below. Also, consider a Valentine’s Macaroni & Cheese party extraordinaire with eight award-winning recipes. It’s a very romantic comfort food, especially when combined with lobster and other haute ingredients.

This month’s product selection is pretty skewed toward the sweet, but if you need something healthy to celebrate, February is National Cherry Month, National Grapefruit Month and National Hot Breakfast Month (see the rest of the February Food Holidays). And you can always look at last month’s “Healthy Specialty Food Products” issue.

In addition to this monthly online magazine, we e-mail our Top Food Pick Of The Week newsletter to opt-in subscribers. If you don’t already receive it, click here to have it delivered directly to your e-mailbox. Of the thousands of specialty foods we taste each year, these 52 weekly recommendations are our favorites for both home use and gift-giving. You won’t want to miss them!

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Our recommendations are based purely on our opinion, after tasting thousands of products each year, that they represent the best in their respective categories.


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  We link more articles every week, so come back often to see what’s new! Dates in parentheses are the publication date.

ROUND-UP Of Favorite Valentine Gifts & Cherry Foods From Prior Issues
Best Valentine Gifts For Kids
Best Valentine Chocolate For
Connoisseurs

Chukar Cherries Gourmet Dried Cherries
Empire Torte (Our Favorite Chocolate Cake)
Heart-Shaped Gifts For Cooks
Savory Gifts
Valentine Tableware

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Cornucopia Of New Favorites
Chukar Cherries Dessert Toppings
& Preserves

Heart-Shaped Cheeses
The Winter Fancy Food Show:
Trends & Top Products

Drink Up
Cool Beans & Java One Single- Serve Coffee Pods
Pairing Mineral Water With Artisan
Chocolates

Vouvray Sec With Skirt Steak
Water Of The Month: Volvic

Special Sweets
America’s Boutique Chocolatiers
Downey’s Chocolates
Richard Donnelly Chocolate Bars
Valentine Cookies, Cakes & Brownies

. Easy Entertaining:
Heart-Shaped Foods For Valentine’s Day Dinner
Robert Rothschild Cheese Balls

Picks Of The Week
King’s Cupboard Molten Chocolate Cakes
Tart Is Smart Cherry Juice
7:3 Chocolates
Varietal Peppercorns


Find more than 1000 articles and reviews in prior months’ issues and newsletter archives (top picks of the week).

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Pierre Marcolini
Cocoa Puro
Black Coffee
Pink Peppercorns

Product Reviews

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Cabot Cheese
. The Best Sugar-Free Valentine
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Dessert Toppings & Preserves
. Sontava Organic Salsas
. Volvic Lemon & Volvic Orange
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Product Reviews
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Kosher Nibbles

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bullet The Best Kosher Valentine Sweets
bullet Chukar Cherries Dessert Toppings
& Preserves
bullet The Exceptional Brownie
bullet Gnu Foods Flavor & Fiber Bars
bullet Valentine Cookies, Cakes &
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Product Reviews

NutriNibbles

Organic, Natural &
Wellness Foods

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bullet Sontava Organic Salsas
bullet Gnu Foods Flavor & Fiber Bars
bullet Tart Is Smart Cherry Juice
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Features/Reference Articles

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Continuing Education
Cherry Facts
History Of The Brownie
Peppercorn Glossary

Say Cheese
Coeur à La Crème: History &
Recipe

Cooking & Entertaining
COCKTAILS OF THE MONTH:
Daniel Boulud’s Pomegranate Martini
Espresso Cocktails, Including Amore
Michael Recchiuti’s Sweet Basil Chocolate Martini
RECIPES OF THE MONTH: SPECIAL
FOODS FOR VALENTINE’S DAY
Caviar Heart Hors D’Oeuvres
Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies
Devil’s Food Heart Cakes
Michael Recchiuti’s Butterscotch Pudding
Macaroni & Cheese: 8 Award-
Winning Recipes

Red Caviar Appetizers & Mains
Pumpkin Fettuccine With Chicken
and Spiced Orange Cream

UMAMI RECIPE OF THE MONTH
Coq Au Vin Nouveau

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February Food Holidays

 

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