Diary of a Distiller: Chapter Two - Oh, the Pain of it All

Filed under: Diary of a Distiller

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Poking fun at the locavore movement

Filed under: Newspapers, Local Eating

There comes a time when we local foodies realize that we’ve been taking ourselves a little too seriously. I actually had that moment last night, when, after buying a bunch of fresh carrots at my local produce market, I realized that they had been shipped in from California. I was so distressed at this revelation that I nearly took them back to the store. However, I immediately understood the ridiculousness of my reaction and took the carrots home (and they were delicious).

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Coca-Cola Zero - Aluminum Bottles
Coca-Cola will be selling its Coca-Cola Zero in this new aluminum bottle.

Aluminum bottles are said to keep their contents colder longer. The bottle will feature a unique design and a “Scratchy DJ” theme.

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Italian pork strike imminent! Get your prosciutto while you can!

Filed under: Farming, Pork, Italy

pig farmers of Italy are going on strike. That puts Parma ham, prosciutto, and Piacenza pork neck salami, as well as other Italian pork products, under threat.

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How to find a cheap muddler

Filed under: Cocktails, Food Gadgets

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Dreyer’s American Idol Ice Cream
The Dreyer’s, as well as its sister brand Edy’s, has launched a series of limited edition, light ice creams under the “American Idol” co-brand.

The five new flavors is trying to raise awareness of the brands’ slow-churned light ice cream line.

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Things Cooks Love, Cookbook of the Day

Filed under: Books, Food Gadgets, Cookbook of the Day

For those of us who are enamored of cookware, mixers, bowls and cooking utensils, stores like Sur La Table are dangerous places. We walk in and are instantly taken by a shiny chrome pasta machine or the sleek mandoline. Often times, we plunk down our cash for these items, but once we get them home, intimidation starts to set in and we question whether the purchase was such a good idea. Frequently, these tools get shoved to the back of the kitchen cabinet to collect dust until, years later, you pull them out and sell them at a garage sale.

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Snack time: Gigantic chocolate chip cookies

Filed under: Dessert, Chocolate, Recipes, America, Comfort Food, Bakeries

Vanilla Sugar for the recipe, which attempts to replicate the cookies sold at Levain bakery in New York. Full of brown sugar, walnuts and a healthy dose of salt, these make for the kind of 4 p.m. snack that satisfies you in a way that a Snickers bar never could. Read more »

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Pinkberry - Coffee Frozen Yogurt
Pinkberry, the frozen yogurt chain that seemingly became an overnight sensation after being featured on an American Express television commercial, is now offering a new coffee frozen yogurt to celebrate its third birthday.

The new coffee variety will be accompanied by a new topping option, chestnuts.

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What are some scary sounding foods that you’d like to try?

Filed under: Asia, On the Blogs, Lists

What Japan Thinks. Sure, the poll asks about scary Japanese food, but there must be lots of food out there that seems weird that you’d like to try anyway.

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Michigan Maple Syrup Pie

Filed under: Dessert, Recipes

Michigan Maple Syrup Pie. This is really easy to make, though it seems to be very…maple-y? I would put the nuts on top of it just to add a little something. (Also, I would assume you could use Vermont maple syrup and turn this into Vermont Maple Syrup Pie?)

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The Daily Soup Cookbook, Cookbook of the Day

Filed under: Books, Cookbook of the Day

Bob reminded us last week, January is National Soup Month, so I thought it was only fitting to feature a soup cookbook. The Daily Soup Cookbook is written by the chefs who created the recipes at the Daily Soup chain of restaurants. Filled with over 200 soup recipes, the book is divided up by primary ingredient: corn, potato, bean, chili, nut and fruit (to name a few). They also offer suggestions for movies you should rent to eat soup by and musical recommendations to cook and eat soup by.

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Carl’s Jr Endorsed by Drycleaners
Carl’s Jr, this week, announced that it received an endorsement from the Drycleaning & Laundry Institute (DLI), because of the increased business that drycleaning businesses have received since the launch of Carl’s new chili cheeseburger.

“People have been ordering a lot of Chili Cheese Burgers and Chili Cheese Fries from Carl’s Jr. Clearly, people don’t mind getting a little messy for a great burger,” said Brad Haley, executive vice president of marketing for Carl’s Jr. restaurants.

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Austrian man jailed for literally attempting “death by chocolate“

Filed under: Chocolate, Europe

poisoned, of all things, some chocolate truffles in an attempt to get his way.

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Eight types of annoying people at Starbucks

Filed under: Coffee, On the Blogs, Lists, Coffee shops

Holy Taco names in its list of annoying Starbucks customers.

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