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A Food tip of the day

Floating With Your Valentine

For a refreshing snack or a light dessert on Valentine’s Day, make a fancy float from your favorite sparkling juice. Pour a “red” flavor like Pomegranate/ Blackcurrant Wild Fruitz or Raspberry/Lemon Fizzy Lizzy into a parfait dish, a festive glass or a big wine goblet. Add a scoop of raspberry, strawberry or pomegranate sorbet. Top with a few berries, and garnish with mint leaves. If you can find red drinking straws, all the better. Click here to see our chart of sparkling fruit juices.

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WELCOME TO THE FOOD WE LOVE.

February may be the month that most of the world focuses on love, but every month at THE NIBBLE™, we focus on the specialty foods and gourmet food we adore and can’t live without. This month we’ve done our best to present you with the finest treats for your Valentine.

We’ve rounded up the finest chocolate for sweethearts who covet it, and wonderful non-chocolate gourmet food gifts for those who don’t (and we know many people who’d rather have something savory, or something sweet that isn’t cacao-based). We even have great calorie-free gourmet gifts for dieters.

In addition to this monthly online magazine, we e-mail our top food pick of the week to opt-in subscribers. If you don’t already receive our Top Pick of the Week, click here to have it delivered directly to your e-mailbox. Of the thousands of specialty foods we taste each year, these 52 weekly recommendations are our favorites for both home use and gift-giving. You won’t want to miss them!

To read past issues of THE NIBBLE™, click here. To see the 25 most frequently-read articles, click here.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Magazine Section		FEBRUARY 2006 This Month’s Nibbles
WEEKLY NIBBLES
Newsletter		Read the Editors’ top food pick of the week in THE NIBBLE’s newsletter Sign up for the free newsletter
Gourmet News		Read the weekly Gourmet News & Views—industry news and perspectives
PRODUCT REVIEWS: FOR LOVERS & OTHERS
Product Reviews Main Nibbles™		Our Favorite American Chocolatiers And What They Want For Valentine’s Day Non-Chocolate Valentine Gifts The Best Non-Chocolate Sweets The Best Savory Treats More Valentine Treats Chocolate for Connoisseurs The Best Valentine Gifts for Kids Romantic Rosé Champagnes And Other Special Selections for Valentine’s Day Water of the Month Oregon Rain Virgin Water Pet Gourmet Miss Lily’s Valentine Biscuits Weekly Reviews Erica’s Rugelach Hint Flavored Water Meyenberg Goat Milk Butter Red & Green Company Teas Solomon’s Gourmet Cookies Wild Fruitz Sparkling Juices XOX Truffles Find almost 1000 articles and reviews in prior months’ issues and newsletter archives (top picks of the week).



Product Reviews Diet Nibbles		The Best Sugar-Free Valentine Treats
Product Reviews Kosher Nibbles		Best Kosher Valentine Candy Delicious For Non-Kosher Valentines, Too! Lake Champlain Chocolates Solomon’s Gourmet Cookies
Product Reviews NutriNibbles		Better For You Mary’s Gone Crackers VitaHearts Valentine Mini-Cakes Organic Matter Organic vs. Biodynamic
ARTICLES & COLUMNS: HEARTS & FLOWERS
Features/Reference in the Product Reviews Section		Holiday Treats Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies Red Caviar Hearts Spiced Cherries Drink Up 25 Great Hot Chocolate Tricks Pairing Water & Chocolate Who’s Who in Sparkling Juices Peanut Butter Bonanza The Many Flavors of PB Whey To Go Is Your Cheese Vegetarian?
Marketplace		Best Valentine Gifts For Cooks
Food Fun		February Food Holidays
PRODUCT REVIEWS: HOME ZONE
Appliance Review Appliances & Tabletop		Home With Heart Love Is On The Table
Appliance Review Good Scents		The Thymes Au Chocolat Collection Chocolate-Scented Candles Candle-Burning Tips

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THE NIBBLE™ does not sell the products we review or receive fees from recommending them.
Our recommendations are based purely on our opinion,
after reviewing thousands of products each year,
that they represent the best in their respective categories.