Baking chocolate in wafer form
E. Guittard baking wafers from the California chocolatier deliver premium
flavors in an easy-to-melt format. They’re especially great for
fondues, but cooks tired of coarsely chopping thick blocks of chocolate
will love the convenience. In brownies, the bittersweet pieces
melted beautifully and quickly, and the taste
was divine. Other flavors are semisweet, milk
and white chocolate. Each 16-ounce box costs
$12 by mail order; visit eguittard.com.
PB&J lovers can get a different variety for every month
Let’s face it, everybody loves one-of-a-kind gifts – especially if they’re edible. For the peanut butter and jelly connoisseurs, there’s the Peanut-Butter-and-Jelly-of-the-Month Club. Club selections range from the oldest-continuously produced peanut butter in the world to modern hot-and-spicy, cinnamon-honey and even organic variations. There are tube-dispensed multiflavor peanut butters for joggers, liquid peanut butter for ice cream topping, and jellies made from obscure fruits, wildflowers, and even one wrought from kudzu, “the vine that ate the South.” Twelve months of peanut butter is $119.95; 12 months of jelly is $129.95, and a year (plus one month) of PB&J is $249.95. A four-month intro plan is $79.95. Visit LovePBJ.com for information. The company will ship free to military personnel all over the world.
Organize your recipes on cards
Ready to organize those
terrific recipes? Try this
sturdy cardboard recipe
box from Coco Press. It
contains 48 4-by-6-inch
recipe cards and 12 blank
dividers that let home
cooks decide where their
culinary priorities rest.
Charming illustrations add
to its appeal. The company
also produces a 4K-by-6-
inch cook’s journal. The recipe
box is $13-$14; the journal,
$15; by mail, both
items are sold online at
soleberry.com, or call
917-843-4696.
Sauces set off pear desserts
A Perfect Pear dessert
sauces from Napa Valley
are utterly sophisticated.
Dark chocolate-pear cabernet
and white chocolate
pear chardonnay
sauces are subtly blended,
with both the pear
and wine flavors coming
through. Use them with
ice cream, poundcake or
fresh fruit or as a sweet
dip for shortbread cookies
or pretzels. A
13-ounce jar costs $6 at
Whole Foods Markets;
for mail order, visit aperfect
pear.net.
