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Dean & Deluca
www.deananddeluca.com

EW review: "Foodies will flip their toques over this sleek online version of Manhattan's culinary mecca, which depicts dozens of delicacies for holiday noshing. In fact, you can put together an entire meal--literally from soup to nuts--with a few quick clicks. The goodies are pricey, but you do get lavish descriptions of flavors and textures, and, as lagniappe, such useful kitchen tips as how to wash silver and how to garnish and serve caviar or foie gras. The only thing here that will leave a bad taste in your mouth are the site's pervasive typos. A-"

Pop The Soda Shop
www.popsoda.com

EW review: "Determined to make this holiday season one you can remember? Order up a case of nonalcoholic fizzies from this amusingly kitschy cache o' colas, which offers so many booze-free beverages you could drink a new flavor every week for more than two years. The Phoenix-based site deals in sodas, bottled waters, egg creams, and herbal brews, from the familiar (7-Up, Coke) to the far-out (Germany's Afri-Cola, Britain's herb-filled KavaSutra). It's a designated driver's dream. A-"

"A-" : Entertainment Weekly 11-12-99

Wholefoods.com
www.wholefoods.com

EW review: "This Web offshoot of the national chain of organic-food stores may well make you feel like a natural woman (or man), thanks to its tempting array of chemical-free comestibles (of which you can buy pastas, beans, grains, and nuts in mega-volume). One function even recalls your past purchases to compile an ongoing shopping list. Another window lets you peruse the site's WholeLiving e-zine, with stories about everything from Sufi spirituality to hog-farm waste. (Memo to 'zine editor: Not very appetizing.) A-"

"A-" : Entertainment Weekly 11-12-99

Mo Hotta – Mo Betta
www.mohotta.com

EW review: "For those who want to pick a peck of piquant peppers, Tim and Wendy Eidson stock sauces ranging from the suave (Chardonnay Artichoke Salsa) to the self-immolating (Dave's Insanity Salsa). Don't know a datil from a guajillo? Peek at the Pepper Profiles. Mischievous Santas may even want to forgo candy canes this holiday season in favor of the Screamin' Meany Habanero Lollipops. B+"

"B+" : Entertainment Weekly 11-12-99

Harry and David 
www.harryanddavid.com

EW review: "Longtime catalog mavens, these fruiterers have planted themselves on the Web, where they offer health-conscious celebrants a cornucopia of luscious produce. Want to splurge? H&D also carries confectionery: candies, nuts, pastries. The site's most useful feature is the Gift Finder search engine, which matches the sum you want to spend with the category you want to consider, then spits out suggested selections. B+"