Category: Food & Drink

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Batch Chocolate – Wonders – Camel Milk, Costa Rica, & Brooklyn, NY

https://barandcocoa.com/collections/al-nassma Al Nassma, Dubai, UAE – producers of the first and finest camel milk chocolate. Al Nassma (the gentle breeze rolling in from the desert. Bar and Cocoa) started the camel milk chocolate factory around 2007/2008. Camel Milk with low fat and higher salt content along with chocolate beans from Tanzania and vanilla beans from… Continue reading Batch Chocolate – Wonders – Camel Milk, Costa Rica, & Brooklyn, NY

ZABAR’S

Zabar’s opened in 1934 and expanded their New York City business over the following decades. A gourmet emporium specializing in smoked fish, caviar, coffee, cheese, kitchen goods & housewares. Select Zabar’s items above Soft Bake Cookie Assortment, Our Bundle of Love, and Nut Raisin Treat Box. Read about the history of Zabar’s.

Eid Al Fitr

Cactus Festively Decorated possibly for the Eid Celebration?! Eid Mubarak!! Highlight: Recipe Chocolate Date Torte by Sarah al-Hamad, Aramco World January February 2022 Serves 8-10 Preheat the oven to 175 degrees C (345 degrees F). Grease and line a 22-centimeter (9 inch) springform pan. Lightly whisk the egg yolks with vanilla extract in a small… Continue reading Eid Al Fitr

Purim

Starting sundown 3/23/24 – 3/24/24 Purim is a lively Jewish holiday full of costumes, pageants, and as mentioned in an earlier post cookies called “Hamantaschen”. This holiday revolves around a story of an interfaith marriage. The heroine Esther of this interfaith marriage uncovers a plot and causes the down fall of the villain – Haman.… Continue reading Purim

Bees & Honey

https://sneakybeebackyardhoney.com “…suit up in protective bee suits…and get up close to look at how honeybees team up to turn nectar to honey…” Once the suit is removed participants can taste a number of different types of honey including wildflower sneaky bee honey. Honey can be purchased online possibly enticing a future in-person bee colony visit.

Hamantaschen…

Purim 3/23/24 Purim begins at sundown on 3/23/24 and involves cookies called “Hamantaschen”. The villain in the story told during Purim is Haman and taschen translated is pouches or pockets. So the cookies refer to Haman’s pockets.