(NC)-This recipe was prepared by Camelback and Central, 1403 2nd Avenue, New York, New York.

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

6 tablespoons sweet butter

3 ounces baking chocolate

3/4 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 ounces Jack Daniel's Whiskey

Jack Daniel's Glaze

Mix together flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. Melt butter and chocolate in top of double boiler over simmering water. Remove from heat; add sugar, eggs, nuts, vanilla, flour mixture and Jack Daniel's Whiskey; mix well. Preheat oven to 350ºC. Pour batter into a greased 8x10-inch cake pan. Bake for approximately 25 minutes or until firm. Remove from oven; Jack Daniel's Brownies and Glaze Recipe

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Make Your Own Gourmet Gift Baskets

by Donna Monday

Everyone loves to receive a gift basket. Corporate gift baskets are often given by businesses to their customers as a token of their appreciation. However, most gift baskets are person to person expressions of love and friendship.

You can find a great selection of online gift baskets from the very expensive to the cheap. Or, you can come up with your own unique gift basket idea and surprise a cherished friend or loved one.

It’s not difficult to make your own personalized gift baskets. Most gift baskets involve a theme.

Here are some sample ideas to get you started:

Cookie Gift Basket – bake up some homemade cookies and enclose them in colorful plastic wrap, include a personal card or poem.

Chocolate Lovers Gift B Make Your Own Gourmet Gift Baskets Recipe

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Chinese Dining Etiquette

by Wong Yee Lee

At Chinese meal times, Chinese people use a round or square table. Person of the most importance would usually take the seat the farthest away from the door whilst the youngest or the person of the least importance would take the seat closest to the door.

However, if you are the host, usually you would take the seat which is closest to the walkway since it allows the most convenient movement by the host.

Unlike the western style, Chinese people do not use forks and knives. We use a pair of chopsticks and spoons. Unlike Japanese chopsticks, Chinese chopsticks have both ends of the same size whilst Japanese ones have one end sharper than the other.

There are several things to remember when you use chopsticks. Don't dig in the Chinese Dining Etiquette Recipe

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