I’m just going to put it out there: I love sugary cereal. Lucky Charms, Froot Loops, Frosted Flakes, Reese’s Puffs…you get the picture. I’ve been known to take down half a box in one sitting, no milk necessary. Cinnamon Toast Crunch has long been one of my favorites. Who doesn’t enjoy licking pure cinnamon sugar [...]

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Last week I talked about buckwheat flour and it’s uses for pancakes, waffles and other breakfast treats. That got me thinking about maple syrup and its importance as an ingredient. Not too long ago I was talking to some friends about a recipe, and mentioned my hunt for Grade B maple syrup, and the response I got was “it [...]

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 As the days get colder and the mornings get darker, a hot breakfast seems to be a more important part of the day. Something about a hearty first meal makes it easier to brave the elements. Pancakes and waffles are the two things that always come to mind to fit that bill. In my house those dishes [...]

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Around Halloween, a very special thing happens. Three special monster cereals appear on supermarket shelves, only to disappear again after six weeks. Thanks to General Mills, my roommates and I got to try out these childhood classics: Count Chocula, Boo Berry and Franken Berry cereal. Although our generation came about 20 years late to the [...]

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This Thursday’s eating styles post takes things to the breakfast table to ask you: how do YOU like your eggs? You can tell a lot about someone by the way they like their eggs.* Just ask Julia Roberts in Runaway Bride, who discovered she loved Richard Gere because he was the only one who cared [...]

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It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another Eating Styles poll. Today’s question: what do you put on your toast? Toast has been the artistic focus of many oddball creators throughout history, including Dr. Suess, Ok Go, and about a million artists who have used it to reproduce the Mona Lisa. But today, we don’t want to [...]

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This Thursday’s Eating Styles goes out to all you cereal-lovers! Or, more specifically, all you Lucky Charms lovers! My question is simple: do you pick the marshmallows out? Some morning munchers have been known to deviously slide their spoons in and around those treacherously healthy-looking cereal bits to capture the marshmallows and only the marshmallows. [...]

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In light of the recent scandal surrounding McDonald’s and the state of Vermont, I decided to get out and try the newest breakfast dish in question: Fruit & Maple Oatmeal. Of course, I brought along my own real maple syrup to see if Vermont’s case had any standing. I totally understand why McDonald’s would not [...]

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Say what now? Yes, that’s right, the MASSIVE McMuffin. This creation is available in New Zealand and parts of Australia. It consists of ketchup, bacon, egg, American cheese and two sausage patties. McDonald’s has a new ad campaign in New Zealand, created by the agency DDB, that is promoting the Massive McMuffin by scattering giant, [...]

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Earlier this year, Subway unveiled a new breakfast menu across more than 25,000 stores featuring 5 different breakfast sandwiches. With the recent addition of the new “Sunrise Subway Melt” the menu now features 6 breakfast sandwiches, which, like regular Subway sandwiches, you can customize with dozens of different condiments and toppings. A few days ago, [...]

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