If you’re a fan of fun food facts, perfect pairings, kitchen hacks and other tantalizing trivia, you’ll love our Daily Dish Blog! Read on for delicious topics like DIY projects, Foodie FAQs, new and seasonal products, Wines of the Month, Health Notes from Dr. Liz and more.
It’s National Nutrition Month! What better time to focus on feeding that hungry body the healthy food it craves. Diet and exercise are still the magic formula for finely tuned physique, and this month we're partnering with California Family Fitness to give one lucky winner a prize package worth its weight in gold.
If every household in the country were to replace one 12–pack of non–recycled bathroom tissue with a 12–pack of Seventh Generation 100 percent recycled toilet paper, we could save 1.9 million trees, 690 million gallons of water, and 4.8 million cubic feet of landfill space.
Take a stand against leprechaun mischief this year! They say you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar, and we think the same goes for leprechauns. At Nugget Markets, you’ll find everything you need to make this edible and delightfully sweet leprechaun trap. We used mini pretzel sticks and peanut butter to build our trap and green goodies like gummy bears, gummy butterflies, Ferrero Rocher, Hershey’s chocolate nuggets, Lucky Charms and a road built from sour belts to entice the leprechaun.
This new line of blenders from Blendtec really earns its “Designer Series” label! Featuring a capacitive touch interface (a sleek, touch–screen design like you see on the latest smart phones), there are no knobs or buttons on this blender—just the touch screen, featuring tons of pre–programed blending options.
We love these eco–friendly, beautifully designed Lifefactory reusable water bottles. They are made of high–quality soda lime glass and wrapped in a protective silicone sleeve. Always BPA–free and dishwasher safe, all components are made in the U.S. or Europe.
The guys at Hurraw have created the best lip balm ever! It’s all natural, vegan, made from premium raw, organic and fair trade ingredients and comes in a wide variety of delicious flavors.
Vega products combine the nutritional properties of whole foods with the convenience of fast food! We love their smoothies, Vibrancy Bars, SaviSeeds and Maca Chocolate because they’re true healthy alternatives for an on–the–go lifestyle.
Sue Conley and Peggy Smith, two longtime friends and true foodies, founded Cowgirl Creamery in the early 1990s. Looking for a new adventure, they began making cheese in a restored barn in the quaint coastal town of Point Reyes Station in Marin County.
Check out these excellent books on do-it-yourself canning:
Moonshine has recently been gaining in appeal, and we’re happy to offer this popular (and completely legal) moonshine on our shelves. The recipe for Midnight Moon was created by the legendary Junior Johnson, a Hall of Fame NASCAR racecar driver. In fact, Junior honed his driving skills outrunning the law while delivering moonshine as a 14–year–old in North Carolina.