Category: Wining & Dining
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A Review of Boston’s Beacon Hill Chocolates
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I had to give this an update, because on a recent business trip to Massachusetts, I talked about this place nonstop for an entire week, and then snuck in a 30-minute stop here on my way back to the airport. The shop employees were so kind in packaging everything up…
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13 Healthy Trail Mix Recipes to Get Your Snack Fix Guiltlessly
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I am always on the lookout for healthy snacks to nibble between meals. Sweet, savory, whatever. (I’m one of those unfortunate people who gets cravings for both!) When I say “healthy”, the main things I’m looking out for are low or no sugar (5g or less, and preferably only fruit…
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Archimedes Pie Recipe (Easy Greek Quiche)
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Pi Day is one of my favorite days of the year! I’m such a sucker for a delicious, flaky crust and everything that comes inside it. So today, in honor of Archimedes, here is my recipe for easy Greek quiche. Or, as I have named it for the sake of…
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Andre’s Chocolates
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It had been about a couple of years since the last time I had ordered chocolates. Since the nice, cool weather doesn’t have much longer, I decided it was high time to try a new brand, before the Florida heat could destroy a perfectly good order! This time, I opted…
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Garlicky Sweet Potato Pizzas
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For Christmas, this foodie was the excited recipient of a subscription to Local Fare. Because I suddenly had so many beautiful, fresh veggies when my first delivery arrived, I needed a recipe that could be prepped in a 15-minute break from the workday so I could begin enjoying healthy meals…
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18 Snacks to Try from Greece
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My second month with Universal Yums came from a country that shares a border with my first month’s country. I was a little disappointed by that because I really hoped it would bounce around the world a bit more. A few of the snacks were very similar two months in…
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20 Snacks to Try from Turkey
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I’m a fairly adventurous eater, so when I learned there was a subscription service that would send you a box of snacks from different countries every month, I had to try it out! Universal Yums offers three subscription sizes, and I got the biggest one, which is $41/month, but absolutely…
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Pizza-Stuffed Hell Peppers
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You may recall how I don’t cook anything…ever. Once again, though, I got it into my head that mayyybe I could try one simple little thing. But I should have known better than to open my heart to the kitchen and let chaos reign. A few years ago, I saved…
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How to Frugally Bake a Pie…Or Not
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Among friends and acquaintances, I am infamously useless in the kitchen. This is due to more than one factor. I’m lazy, first of all. Let’s just get that out of the way. I saw a meme once that said, “I don’t even butter my bread; I consider that cooking.” That…
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This Gourmet Chocolate is the Perfect Valentine’s Gift
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If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably been in a love affair with chocolate for ages now. I like to tell myself that it’s okay to indulge every now and then. So just in time for Valentine’s Day, I took the liberty of trying out some fancy truffles (so you…