A top selling Champagne

Lanson, the 250-year-old Champagne maker that’s long been one of Britain’s top sellers – not to mention the preferred French sparkling at Wimbledon – is perhaps one of the biggest names in the biz you may not have heard of (and it’s a shame!).

We had a chance to sample their Brut Rosé on a recent evening and the pale salmon color bubbling delight, with its rose and berry aroma, was the perfect amuse-bouche to kick off our evening. While it works beautifully on its own pair it with some strawberries and it’s pure heaven…exactly what you need to forget the fact that you woke with your kids’ gum in your hair.

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Who wouldn’t want some?

It’s finally starting to heat up here on the East Coast, which means that pretty soon it will be time for rooftop and backyard BBQs – and we can’t wait especially now that we’ve gotten our hands on Wicked Good Barbecue.

Written by chefs Andy Husbands and Chris Hart – who have won hundreds of barbecue ribbons and the biggest price of them all, the Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbeque – the book is bubbling with their competition-winning techniques and recipes. To boot the photographs in the book are visually stunning making it all the more appealing to whip up some Wicked Pulled Pork and Championship Chicken.

As an added bonus, show the hubbies this book and we bet their eyes [...]

Fresh and clean

For better or worse, you know you’re a mommy when you come home to a care package that includes a lint roller and it makes your day… That was just the case the other week when the kind folks at oneCARE Company (they make everything from wardrobe and home, to pets and workplace maintenance essentials), sent us some goodies.

Among the standouts to keep on hand when the last thing you have time for is fretting over packing or meticulously folding clothes were Downy Wrinkle Releaser (seriously it gets wrinkles out like that), Tide Odor-Absorbing Travel bag (because [...]

Everyday baby product re-imagined

We’re all about splurging on a nice bag or a fantastic pair of shoes, but when it comes down to it it’s the everyday items that we really should focus on. Zoli Baby is an awesome brand that re-imagines the everyday essentials that any mother of small children would use, making each of them better, sleeker, more efficient, and just plain more fun to look at.

Among their best finds are their automatic baby nail trimmer, the Buzz B, which makes it easier to cut a squirmy baby’s nails; their version of a sippy cup, the Bot, which has a flexible, weighted straw that “follows” the liquid so you can always get the last drop and our favorite, their basic suction bowl, Stuck, which is deeper and stronger than any other bowl on the market. Check them out here and rest [...]

The world’s finest peanuts

Inevitably every time we have people over for dinner we end up running late, but if experience has taught us anything is that as long as you give people a little something yummy to nosh on it doesn’t make a lick of a difference. To that end we present to you Virginia Cocktail Peanuts. The gourmet, extra large, hand-prepared nuts are plucked directly from the fields of Virginia and known as the finest peanuts in the world – and we have to agree.

< Available in unsalted, jalapeno, Cajun, sea salt, toffee, and milk chocolate flavors these nutty delights will not only leave your guests’ mouths occupied, but they’ll work double duty given their ample health benefits. In fact, studies have shown that the antioxidants found in peanuts rival those found in fruits. Plus, they’re a great source of monounsaturated fats (the type of fat that is emphasized in the heart-healthy Mediterranean diet), and they’re loaded with niacin, folate, protein, vitamin E, and manganese. Serve them with some red wine and you’ll be in for a home room given that peanuts also happen to be loaded with resveratrol, the oft [...]