Fun Gifts for Everyone!
Nugget is full of great gift ideas for the holidays! Check out our Healthy Living department for a huge selection of great gifts, including accessories from some of our favorite lines:
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The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
Have you ever wondered where coffee gets its flavor? Does the origin of the bean or the length of time a bean is roasted affect the flavor of your coffee? The answer is both! The origin characteristics usually influence the look, taste and smell of the coffee, while the roast degree affects the flavor intensity: as the beans caramelize throughout the roasting process, the origin characters of the beans are muted and new aromas are developed.
For both flavor and aroma, we love coffees from The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf.
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Indulge: Our Favorite Chocolate
B.T. McELRATH Chocolatier
Named one of the top ten chocolatiers in North America in 2010 by Dessert Professional, B.T. McELRATH Chocolatier has it going on! Our favorite bar, The Salty Dog, is made with 70 percent dark chocolate and pieces of butter toffee and sea salt. It will knock your socks off — you’ll be glad that it’s a sharing-is-optional kind of bar! For milk chocolate lovers, the Prairie Dog bar is made with 40 percent milk chocolate, butter toffee pieces, toasted almonds and sea salt. Can you say delicious? You’ll want to savor every bite of these bars.
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A Hot Cup of Twinings Tea
Can you believe that Twinings tea has supplied tea to every successive British Monarch since Queen Victoria? In 1837 the Queen granted Twinings a Royal Warrant for tea, which appointed the company as the supplier of teas to her household, and they have been supplying tea to the British royalty ever since!
One of our favorite teas made by Twinings is the Ultra Spice Chai. This tea has a vibrant aroma and bold taste. When drinking you’ll pick up flavors of cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and ginger; perfect for cozying up on a winter’s eve with a book in hand, next to the fire! • Stephanie Stille, Specialty & Ethnic Foods
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A Beverage for the Season: Egg Nog
At your next holiday party or family gathering, ask if anyone knows where the term Egg Nog came from. Unless you have a “know-it-all” uncle, I would bet that no one will offer an answer.
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A Holiday Treat: Peppermint Ice Cream Espressos
Ready to blow away your family with a super quick and easy holiday treat? This simple but decadent dessert is a sure-fire hit!
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Fior di Frutta & Nocciolata
In every jar of Fior di Frutta’s line of 100 percent organic fruit spreads, you’ll find the product of more than three pounds of organic fruit and no added sugar. Fior di Frutta processes their fruits at low temperatures to preser ve all the vitamins and nutrients, making this yummy spread quite healthy — and also irresistible! The newest addition to the fam ily group is a pink grapefruit spread, but the strawberry and cherry spreads are classics.
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Holiday Field Guide — Battistero Panettone
This Italian sweet bread is super soft and fluffy, with delicious bits of candied orange and raisins throughout. Eat it for breakfast with some mascarpone cheese or use it to make sweet French toast! You can even try it for dessert with some marsala wine — but if you do, remember to cin-cin (say “cheers” to) the people of Milan who created this delicious treat! • Stephanie Stille, Specialty & Ethnic Foods
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Holiday Field Guide — Mission Sweet Sugar & Cinnamon Tortilla Chips
This holiday season, Mission Tortilla Chips will add a sugar & cinnamon chip to its line up. This seasonal flavor is available for a limited time only, so be sure to get them while you can.
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Sweet Potato? Yam? Which Is Which, and Which Do I Want?
People ask me this question all the time: Which one is a sweet potato, which is a yam, and which one do I want? The answer, however, is not particularly simple. In American grocery stores, you typically find both “yams” and “sweet potatoes.” However, despite the labels, most of the time both are really sweet potatoes. The real “true yam,” popular in the Caribbean, is rarely seen in the US.