As the Jewish new year, Rosh Hashanah, begins tonight, so will the tradition of dipping apples into healthful honey to symbolize a sweet year. However, it isn’t obligatory to pour the golden stuff from a bear-shaped bottle that often gets jammed with a crusty residue. Instead, try one that seamlessly drops in your dish while also getting the benefits of antioxidants, B vitamins and amino acids that make queen bees proud.
Honibe
Resembling a portable honeycomb, the Honibe Drops do just that, travel with you, (without sticking) and sweeten your tea and coffee with 100% natural honey, once they are torn from their individual packages and dissolved into your cup.
Sold at: Modern Tea With Company (160 East 27th Street), William Poll, Inc. (1051 Lexington Avenue), Nimli Inc.
(252 W. 38th St., Suite 306) and Karen’s on Astor (1 Astor Place), www.honibe.com
Zambezi
A sustainable, organic approach to honey-making isn’t a trendy concept in Zambia, where the Lunda people have been producing the sweet stuff for 500 years from a rare honeybee, that only feeds on flowering trees.
Their products also contain significant antioxidant properties, higher than the normal levels (the National Honey Board gave them a 10, most rank between 3 and 5). Plus, it’s tinged with the woodsy taste of toasted caramel. http://www.zambezihoney.com/
Savannah Bee Company
Because a holiday party should invite honey too, the Savannah Bee Company dressed up their Tupelo Honey Flutes ($20.40) for the occasion. Harvested for two to three weeks before getting corked in the slim and sleek bottle, once poured, the flavors overflow with tastes of melon, crème brulée, butter, and dried pear. KSA Kosher Certified.
www.savannahbee.com/, flutes are 15% off through the end of September.
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