Enjoyable article yesterday about Debbie Meyer, who runs the website My Pizza Cake. The product: cakes that looks like traditional pizzas, right down to “meat” and “veggie” toppings molded out of various types of chocolate and pastry dough: On her website, Meyer pitches the creations as the “one confection that satisfies the senses of every [...]

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Yesterday, the Oreo Facebook page had a fun idea: set the Guinness World Record for most “Likes” on a single Facebook post. With more than 16 million likes on Facebook, and as the third most popular food Facebook page (as of a few months ago), Oreo seemed to have a perfectly good chance at setting [...]

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Every December or January, armchair Nostradamuses try to predict what is in and what is out. As you all know by now, the ever-present cupcake has permeated our culture to an absurd level. There are now cupcake stores on way too many corners, and prognosticators are signaling their demise (finally!) due to a saturated marketplace. [...]

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There are two types of ice cream cone eaters: biters and lickers. Now before you protest, “But Sam, I do both!” delve carefully into your memories. On a childhood trip to Dairy Queen, you were one of two kids. The first kid saw that white, pillowy mound of soft serve with a curl on top [...]

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I was surprised to discover at the grocery store that these products exist. First off, yes, these are kind of knock-offs of Magic Shells, although it looks like these are just syrup and don’t harden. Now I love Dr. Pepper, it’s my favorite soda. But the thought of Dr. Pepper syrup on ice cream just [...]

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A little over a month ago I was invited to a fair trade blogger fest up at Ben & Jerry’s HQ (disclosure: Ben & Jerry’s paid for my airfare and accommodations). As a native Vermonter, Ben & Jerry’s has always been one of my favorite companies and favorite products – I love the socially responsible [...]

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Last week I attended a blogger/writer event at Ben & Jerry’s HQ in Vermont. It was a trek back to my home turf, as I grew up in Vermont and also lived there for a year after college.  Later this week I’ll have photos and coverage of my trip to the HQ, as well as [...]

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As many of you may know, Prop 19, which is on the ballot this year in California, would legalize marijuana in the state. Polls have shown the ballot measure with a very small, but consistent, lead.  So Good’s views on the absurdity of marijuana still being illegal are well-documented, so there is no soapbox rant [...]

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Pretty sweet. Via Buzzfeed.

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The theme park Cadbury Ice Cream Land had the fun/briliant/insane idea to challenge fans to eat a Cadbury Flake 99 ice cream upside-down on a rollercoaster at speeds of over 40mph and pulling over 3Gs.  Check out the amusing results:

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