Food Network Magazine - (12)December 2020

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24 FOOD NETWORK MAGAZINE ●DECEMBER 2020

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COOKIE, TREE AND COCKTAIL: GETTY IMAGES.

When the pandemic shut down bars in Ireland, Guinness

donated unsold stout to Christmas tree farms...to use as

fertilizer! Dark beer contains potassium and calcium, so

it’s good for the trees. If you want to give your own tree a

pint, go ahead: Cornell University plant pathologist

Brian Eshenaur says it’s a good use of stale beer.

Duncan Hines

Swiss Miss Creamy

Hot Cocoa Frosting

This frosting tastes just like

hot chocolate. $1.50

Hershey’s Sugar

Cookie Kisses

These white creme morsels

include real pieces of

sugar cookie. $3.50

Nellie’s Limited

Edition Eggnog

The company is turning

its free-range eggs into

a holiday drink! $4.50

Takeout cocktails

might stick around.

Raise your plastic cup:

More than 30 states

have allowed bars and

restaurants to sell

alcohol to go during the

pandemic, and in June,

Iowa became the first

state to pass a bill that

will permanently permit

takeout drinks. Ohio

followed in October, and

This has been a big year for chocolate chip cookie lovers!

pyramid-shaped version that melts

more evenly than other chips. Find

it at dandelionchocolate.com.

Raw cookie dough fans have a

new option: Pillsbury modified its

recipe to include heat-treated flour

and pasteurized eggs so it’s safe to

eat right from the package.

City bakery Levain now sells fully

baked versions of its giant doughy

cookies in the freezer aisle.

Soda isn’t a bad word anymore.

With sales of the sugary drink falling flat, companies have

started rethinking the meaning of soda. Poppi recently

launched a prebiotic soda made with apple cider vinegar,

Health-Ade has a kombucha and fruit-juice soda called

cans in flavors like strawberry basil and lemon verbena.

There's a more perfect chocolate

ch ip: A Tesla engineer designed a

other states, including
Texas and Oklahoma,
are considering similar
measures.

A legendary bakery cookie is

hitting supermarkets: New York

Your Christmas tree could use a beer.

Booch Pop, and United Sodas of America is selling low-cal

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