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11.17.08 by Widge @ 5:22 am  New Zealand. Land that brought us cinematic hobbits. Gorgeous landscapes. The place where I'd like to retire to, once I make, you know, a lot more money than I have now. But there are certain things we need in any country--and one is, well, coffee. And another is ice cream. How fortuitous then that New Zealand Natural Ice Cream shot me some samples. Granted, we have audience in the Australia/New Zealand area...but they're also about to storm the west coast of America. Here's what they tell us: New Zealand Natural Ice Cream will be opening a store at the Staples Center in Los Angeles within the coming weeks... New Zealand Natural ice cream is available at Gelson's Market, Bristol Farms, the Staples LA Live Center and over 300 stores in California. The first official ice cream scoop shop in the US is located in Orange County with Los Angeles locations slated for the near future...
So they're coming to us? Even better. So what's the verdict? Categorized as: Food and Reviews
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11.12.08 by Widge @ 7:46 pm That's right! Santa appears to be stuck in the chimney--his feet dangling down into the fireplace! Whatever shall we do?  Gnaw off his head first, naturally, so we can end his suffering. Then we split the toys amongst us. Who's with me? Categorized as: Food
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10.13.08 by Widge @ 10:28 pm  Upon the insistence of Damien, I have snagged a Mo's Bacon Bar. It's chocolate, which rocks. It's bacon, which rocks. What could possibly go wrong? Nothing. There's absolutely nothing wrong with this bar. I can taste the applewood smoked bacon. I can taste the salt, although I'd be hard pressed to swear upon a stack of books by Robert Anton Wilson that I can taste the smoked-ness. I'd have to try it separately from the chocolate and bacon in order to be able to see if I can tell. (Yes, I'm talking about salt taste tests--I have no life.) And the deep milk chocolate is accounted for. Here's the trouble: rather than being an "exotic candy bar," it tastes like I sprinkled tiny bacon bits on my chocolate. I don't mean I cooked up some applewood smoked bacon and got it nice and crispy and crumbled it up into bacon bits. I mean it's like I opened a bottle of Oscar Meyer Bacon Bits and sprinkled them on a chocolate bar. A good chocolate bar, mind you, but that's about it. Categorized as: Food and Reviews
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09.24.08 by Cosette @ 12:34 am  What yummy looking cupcakes Moogieland made! Aw, look at the cute sharks and the tasty molded chocolate dismembered bloody hands and feet.... I'd just like to point out that shark cupcakes have a terrible reputation for attacking other cupcakes, but there just isn't a lot of documented evidence to that. It's a very rare occurrence. Just don't go into the kitchen looking like a seal cupcake. You've been warned. Found via Craftzine Categorized as: Food
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09.14.08 by Widge @ 1:54 am  Ben and Jerry's latest Pint of Satan is "Cake Batter," described as "Yellow Cake Batter Ice Cream with a Chocolate Frosting Swirl." This sounds like a triple whammy, since I'm a sucker for yellow cake with any sort of frosting. (I'm especially susceptible for lemon flavored yellow cake with lemon frosting--don't ask me why, it's just one of those things.) And cake batter? That's striking at the kid in each and every one of us. This is apparently an addition to the Ben and Jerry's line for their 30th Birthday. Taking off the lid I was immediately thrilled by the smell. The smell is so good you want it in incense so you can just burn it whenever you feel like consuming sugar. Of course, each whiff added three pounds to my ass. Then, the taste. And this, surprisingly enough, is a mixed bag. The yellow cake batter part is amazing. They positively nailed the taste just like they nailed the smell. It really does freak your mind out and make you feel like you're licking the spoon. So bravo on that. Categorized as: Food and Reviews
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