Stocker stuffers: mini-Vosges chocolate bars
Vosges Haut Chocolat had a hit on its hands several years ago with the introduction of its chocolate bars in exotic-sounding flavors like Red Fire (ancho and chipotle chiles and cinnamon in dark chocolate) and Naga (curry-coconut in dark milk chocolate). Now the chocolatier has sized-down the bars to minis (0.5 ounces) and added flavors, among them bacon in a dark chocolate and milk chocolate version, Barcelona (almonds and sea salt in dark milk chocolate) and organic Dominican milk chocolate. You can fish around the Web site here,

New at William-Sonoma: sandwich cookie cake pans
Want to give something naughty to someone who's been nice? Check out Williams-Sonoma's new sandwich cookie cake pan. It looks really blah on the Web site, but in the catalog, the picture resembles two oversized, Oreo-like, dark chocolate cookie halves held together with frosting edged with peppermint "snow" (aka chips). "Cookie" is embossed on the top. It's 10 inches in diameter, and a set of two is $29.95, exclusively at W-S. Needless to say, this is not a "cookie" you'd eat alone at one sitting. At least, I hope not.

New review: Bailey's Prime Plus
For this week's review, I visited Bailey's Prime Plus' new flagship on Park Lane. Please let us know what you think. And have a fabulous Thanksgiving! Bailey's Prime Plus •

Marcus Samuelsson's "New American Table": Make your own state dinner
The Obamas held their first state dinner last night, with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur as the guests of honor and chef Marcus Samuelson (chef/co-owner of Aquavit in New York) as guest chef. Reportedly on the menu were potato and eggplant salad with Whit

'Garbage disposal abuse' on Thanksgiving?
That's what the headline calls it in a Metro story by Eric Aasen about how plumbers clean up, literally and figuratively, on Thanksgiving because of what people put down their garbage disposals. The take-away message in this yucky turkey talk: Don't pour fats or cooking oils down drains. They solidify. Wipe grease from pans with paper towels and throw them away. Don't throw stringy, fibrous or starchy waste down the disposal, such as chicken skin, celery or potato skins. Your disposal can't grind