My Homemade Granola

Last Fall, With Love From Brooklyn, opened a new kiosk at Grand Central Terminal (in the Graybar Passage) offering a revolving roster of gift sets with products made locally in Brooklyn. From this kiosk I sampled Farmhand’s Choice granola from Early Bird Granola and another product – David’s Famous Pistachio Crack…soooo good!   After buying…

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Wild Rice Mushroom Soup with Maple Syrup

This was served last month at TIBS Family Dinners. Two If By Sea Cafe (TIBS) opened its doors over 2 years ago in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The young dynamic duo of Zane Kelsall, master barista and Tara MacDonald, baker extraordinaire paired up to share the love of their products and voilà a unique cafe was born. …

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Chipotle and Rosemary Spiced Nuts

This has to be the best holiday snack I’ve tasted! I was just thinking that other than the holidays, I really don’t go out of my way to buy nuts unless it’s called for in a recipe. Funny that! Nuts contain proteins, folic acid, vitamin E, vitamin B, flavonoids, folic acid, potassium, magnesium, selenium, zinc,…

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Seared Scallops and Bacon Jam

Bacon jam conjures up all sorts of culinary delights and possibilities. It seems that bacon is today’s hero in sweet concoctions such as bacon baklava, cupcakes with bacon, bacon chocolate crunch bar, chocolate bread pudding with bacon crème anglaise to name a few. But wait, before you turn your nose up at the notion, I’ll…

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