Best New Food Products | May 2015
Kick Back and Relax With May's 11 Tastiest Finds
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Summer's so close we can almost taste it, so we're ushering in May with a variety of warmer-weather picks. We're cultivating hobbies with a clever gardening app and a new home-brew bible, as well as kicking back with deluxe taco fillings (frozen and already cooked!) from a favorite restaurant, indulging in a nostalgic sweet that'll transport you back to your childhood, and much more.
Pink Doughnut Pool Float
We were so inspired by Reese Witherspoon's pool float that we had to scour the web to find the glazed doughnut float for ourselves. Thankfully, Urban Outfitters stocks it for $24.
— Anna Monette Roberts, associate editor
A Japanese Tea Sampler
Perfect as a hostess gift or as a gift to yourself, Palais des Thés sampler of four Japanese green teas ($27) offers up a varied range of the famed tea house's best green tea offerings.
— Nicole Perry, assistant editor
Edible Flower Garden Kit
I'm not much of a gardener, but the thought of having edible flowers on hand for salads, drinks, and desserts seems too irresistible. That's why I'm eyeing this edible flower garden kit ($24).
— AMR
Cookie Love
Chicago pastry chef Mindy Segal knows her sweets (she has a James Beard award to her name after all), and her debut cookbook, Cookie Love: More Than 60 Recipes and Techniques For Turning the Ordinary Into the Extraordinary ($25), delivers.
— NP
Produce Soy Candle
Kale, radish, and rhubarb are just a few of the scents found inside these Produce Soy Candles ($20). I can't wait to freshen my kitchen with one.
— AMR
Homegrown App
I've grown a variety of herbs, but I haven't yet ventured into vegetable gardening, something I've been wanting to do for years. Homegrown by Bonnie Plants (free), an iPhone app, offers up ample planting, care, and harvesting advice, and is perfect for novice gardeners like me.
— NP
McCraw's Flat Taffy
One bite of this old-fashioned taffy ($13), and you'll be transported back to the Summer carnivals of your childhood.
— AMR
Brew Better Beer
Like making bread, brewing beer can be quite intimidating to the novice, which is why Emma Christensen's Brew Better Beer: Learn (and Break) the Rules For Making IPAs, Sours, Pilsners, Stouts, and More ($23) is so great. Recipes come with instructions for both five-gallon and lower-commitment one-gallon batches, and they range from basic, core styles to more experimental brews.
— NP
Tacolicious Shot-and-a-Beer Chicken
My favorite taco shop in San Francisco now offers salsas, marinades, and get this: shot-and-a-beer chicken ($40) through Williams-Sonoma. The chicken thighs are marinated, seared, then sous-vided with beer, tequila, and habanero. Yes. Please.
— AMR
Pineapple Habanero Jelly
Spread the Love Pineapple Habanero Jelly ($12) is equally at home slathered on a piece of buttered toast as it is paired with crackers and cream cheese, like how pepper jelly is typically served. Sweet, tangy, and with a tingly burn, it's the versatile spread you didn't know you needed to try.
— NP
Short Stacks Summer Squash
Zucchini and Summer squash season is right around the corner, which means that CSA shares, gardens, and markets will soon be overflowing with the prolific plants. Thankfully, the latest Short Stack edition, Summer Squash ($14) by Sarah Baird, offers up a variety of creative recipes for making the most of these vegetables.
— NP
