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I had so much fun creating this publication’s first-ever Ultimate Gift Guide. It was supposed to be silly but I actually ended up buying two items from among the many I found during my research. Because (of course) my kids will be thrilled to receive peanut butter powder and Spam candles… (?)

Two big news items this week: new information about the probable root cause of the lead-in-baby-food recall and the solving of a huge mystery food-b…