Got a party coming up?  Or a wedding or even just a small dinner party?  These truffle cones from Firelilly Chocolates are the perfect little dessert.  Use them as a favor to pass out or as an after dinner treat.   Stick a tub of them out at your Christmas get together or place one [...]

If you sweeten your beverages with honey instead of sugar or sugar substitutes, you might just love this product.  While you can easily carry tea bags with you, honey is another matter.  Honibe Honey Drops are about the size of a large candy and are individually wrapped.  No more messy fingers!  You can take them [...]

At The Meadow, in Portland Oregon, Mark and Jennifer Bitterman sell a diverse range of hard to find items.  Don’t have a resource for a Himalayan Salt Plate on which to serve your sashimi?  Now you do!  You can order salt blocks, plates, and bricks for all kinds of culinary uses.  They have a great [...]

From Askinosie Chocolates, the Chalk-Late Box contains four of their specialty chocolate bars and has a real chalkboard top so you can write your own message on it.  The story behind this chocolate company is amazing and their web site is so interesting, you’ll want to read every little thing on it.  Check them out.   [...]

In these budget minded days, beans are a super food which make a great substitute for meat.   Rancho Gordo Heirloom beans from Napa Valley are the best you’ll ever taste.  They have a huge variety of dried beans, from classic black turtle beans to beautiful Christmas lima beans.  Their web site has recipes, instructions [...]

Most people know that bottles of spices in your pantry don’t last forever.  Jars of herbs lose their strength even faster.  Yet we still find it hard to throw away that half used jar of something, even though we know we bought it years ago.  Enter tsp Spices - finally, a logical way to buy [...]

 
Can’t get to The French Laundry for dinner?  No reservations at Daniel?  No problem.  Five Leaf brings you frozen gourmet dinners from some of the most acclaimed chefs.  You can have Thomas Kellers’ famous Mac N Cheese (Lobster Tails with Orzo and Mascarpone Cheese cooked sous vide) or Daniel Boulud’s Braised Beef Short Ribs in [...]

The Wall Street Journal tests four of the new sweeteners on the market which contain zero calories.

Check out the ingredients in Alinea’s pantry! How many of them can you say you have at home in your pantry?