Need an afternoon pick-me-up? Fat Pig Chocolate can give you one in five to seven business days with their organic milk chocolate bars. Today it may seem unfortunate that Fat Pig isn't in the corner shop down the street from…
Continue Reading →One way to get the key to New York City is to get on Mayor Bloomberg's good side. But if sucking up to politicians isn't your style, might we suggest checking out Urban Daddy's new Keys To The City microsite?…
Continue Reading →Tequila 5150 is a new American tequila, or rather an "eau de vie de agave," and the first of its kind. Frank Leal, owner of Leal Vineyards in Hollister, CA is the first American to legally import blue agave into…
Continue Reading →Hope you don't mind if I share something personal. I just got back from my honeymoon in Napa (no, I will not be posting photos), and of all of the tasting rooms, wine shops, and California cuisine restaurants, my best…
Continue Reading →We don't mention McDonald's too much on this blog (aside from a few snide comments here and there), but a new billboard in Chicago - masterminded by Micky D's ad agency Leo Burnett - recently got our attention. To promote…
Continue Reading →Got milk? Chocolate Flavored Straws, recently released by The San Francisco Chocolate Company, are a great example of fun, functional packaging to bring out the kid in all of us (milk drinkers). Within a sealed, wider than normal straw, chocolate…
Continue Reading →NYC has culinary gems like I have never seen. The best part is, there are the great classic restaurants, but there are also always new diamonds in the rough popping up to challenge the classics-- keep em honest if you…
Continue Reading →Now that summer's in full swing, it's pretty much a given that there's going to be a lot of grilling going on. If you don't have a gas grill, odds are you might have to employ the traditional combination of…
Continue Reading →The salt revolution is coming. I know, we all thought artisan salts were totally passé in the gourmet world, now that everyone and their mom has had Himalayan pink sea salt. It's time to put it on something else besides…
Continue Reading →Luxury. Binary. Juice. Is there a limit on what people will pay to nourish themselves through the medium of fruit juice (and, um, nutritional gel)? It seems as though MonaVie has set out to answer that question -- a little…
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