Expanded hours compliment new menu items at Gilpin's downtown

Expanded hours compliment new menu items at Gilpin's downtown

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Specialty cupcake craze hits Bellevue with new shop

Specialty cupcake craze hits Bellevue with new shop

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Pepsi Max Ad

Shared by Sue - thought it was funny and tangential to Food.

Agua Fresca by Mark Bittman

Looking for a little summer refresher . . . check out this video by the NYT's Mark Bittman on Agua Fresca


Read about Agua Fresca on Wikipedia

Picture and recipe in Spanish from JC Bartender

Not That We Condone Flamethrowers. . .

As some of you might know, Absinthe is legal to be sold in the U.S. these days. It seems not only does this strange alcoholic liquid make a refreshing, mind-bending drink, but is also great for flamethrowers . . .

Check out the book
Read about Absinthe
Hear an Interview (via one of my fav podcasts) from the owner of Jade Liquers (scroll down towards the bottom)

Is it safe to eat?

Ever wonder if it's safe to cut the mold off your cheese and eat it or if ramen from last summer is edible?

Check out CNN's article on food safety.

The Little Blue Pill . . . Now In Your Freezer Section

In the autumn, the Icecreamists will release their first ever invention entitled The Sex Pistol. A natural Viagra ice cream and cocktail combo, this creation is stuffed with libido-boosting ingredients such as gingko biloba, arginine and guarana.

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Store Brand or Porno?

In something out of a Letterman late night skit, let's play "Store Brand Food Product or a Porno!" Today's contestant...Dr. Perky. Enjoy:

photo courtesy of me...Food Lion, Lafollete, TN

A smaller way to avoid human contact

When pizza delivery companies started allowing people to order their pizza online, you could hear the collective sigh of the socially awkward whose were previously shaken by having to actually talk to a human to place their order.

Now, if you have an iphone - you can simply use the Pizza Hut app. Avoidance made smaller. What else can we have an app for so we can all just forget how to interact?

More organics in store for Whole Foods

Whole Foods Market Inc. will put a renewed focus on its core customers, with expanded offerings of organic food and a campaign next year focused on healthy eating.

"We believe continuing to raise the bar in areas that matter to our customers will reinforce our leadership position in natural and organic foods, resulting in greater customer loyalty for many years to come," CEO John Mackey said Tuesday.

Austin American Statesman

Fun With Coke . . . Not that Kind . . . The Kind You Drink

Check out this variety of Coke packages from Oddee.com

Coca-Cola celebrated their 100th anniversary by releasing this centenary bottle. The bottle was made exclusively for Selfridges, a popular London department store. The centenary Coke bottle was made of glass with a bright shade of yellow, which is Selfridge's signature color. Coca-Cola was written in red, with a red cap.

Kellogg marks Pop-Tarts' 45th birthday with a pop-art celebration

Brand Freak

I think Ringo would like this one

Sick of Chocolate, Vanilla, and Raspberry Chip . . . Well then check out these wacked-out flavors which include Octopus ice cream (pictured)

It's Summer, Right?

While it hasn't seemed like summer in the 'Nati, you can act like it's summer with some frozen cocktail Popsicles from LIQ .

Read a bit about it

Cadbury: You're Right.

Man v. Chocolate. Guess who wins.

Countdown to Kool Aid Days

The theme this year is "Feelin' Groovy," which honors the 60s and 70s with plenty of neon and tie-dye to go around.

There will be 30 events packed into three days, including a Beatles tribute concert Saturday night at Brickyard Park.

Organizers said hits to the Kool Aid Days website are double the usual number and they're expecting about 30 thousand people to show up.

Nebraska.TV

Knob Creek Bourbon Turns Shortage To Advantage

Demand has exceeded the maker's forecast since the current batch was barreled in 2000, resulting in a shortage until the next batch is released this coming November, according to the company.

Two print ads explaining the situation and asking Knob Creek fans to be patient, created by the brand's agency, Doe Anderson, appeared in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times during July and June and are also scheduled to run in beverage trades through October.

MediaPost

Cookie Cutter: Erin Fetherston Designs For LU

Some early buzz from Teen Vogue for LU's Erin Fetherston tin.

Kellogg's Apple Jacks caught up in New Jersey corruption probe

BrandFreak

MillerCoors Tests a Draft-Beer Box for the Fridge

MillerCoors, the second-largest U.S. brewer by revenue, has begun testing the 1.5-gallon "Home Draft" for its biggest brands -- Miller Lite and Coors Light -- in about a half-dozen cities, including Dallas, Phoenix and San Diego. The boxed product, which is designed to fit into refrigerators for drinkers to consume periodically, rather than for one-time party use, comes amid packaging overhauls by the U.S. units of Heineken NV and Anheuser-Busch InBev NV.

"In this economy, we are seeing an increase in packaging innovation" in consumer-goods industries, said Kara Gruver, head of the North America consumer-products practice at consulting firm Bain & Co. "In many cases, it can be less costly [than creating a new product] and a very effective form of innovation."

Wall Street Journal

VOTE NOW!

You (and the thousands of friends you forward this link on to) could help Cincinnati's own Findlay Market win $5,000! Vote now...

Care 2 help out Findlay Market?

Organic Foods Get on Private-Label Wagon

Low cost organics in PL clothing, now gaining steam:

For years, the organic-foods segment logged annual sales gains of 20%-plus, but that growth has slowed. Sales of natural and organic grocery products rose 4.6%, to $18.3 billion, for the 52 weeks ended June 13 from a year earlier, according to SPINS Inc., a market researcher.

Slowing demand has pushed even reluctant name-branded organic food companies to offer private-label products. Frontier Natural Products Co-Op, which produces organic spices, teas and oils, began selling private-label products last year as retailer requests piled up.

Wall Street Journal

It’s the new real thing from Coke – fizzy milk

Going under the name Vio, Coca-Cola has begun test-marketing the carbonated drink at natural food stores and delis in New York It sells for about £1.50 a bottle, no chilling required. One of Coke’s copywriters claims it tastes “like a birthday party for a polar bear”.

It comes in four “natural” flavours — peach mango, berry, citrus and tropical colada — and could even be marketed as a healthy nutritional drink. But it has 26g of sugar a bottle, on a par with other non-diet Coca-Cola products, and 1.5g of fat.

Times Online

Hershey's Push Into High-End Chocolate Is Bittersweet

Bad timing contributes to Hershey's continued struggles to play in the premium chocolate segment:

Hershey said Thursday that it will no longer be marketing the Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) brand of premium chocolate and is also winding down its high-end Cacao Reserve line. Sales of pricier chocolate have slowed as consumers have tightened their belts and retailers have been reluctant to give up shelf space to lower- performing products.

Before the recession began, Hershey's sales suffered because consumers had been turning toward pricier chocolates, an area that Hershey had been slow to get into. Privately held Mars Inc. and specialty chocolate brands gained share. That pushed Hershey to begin marketing more expensive chocolates. In mid-2007 it announced a pact with Starbucks to develop and market a premium line.

But that new line was badly timed because the economy started slowing soon after. Consumers slashed spending last year and early this year, turning away from most extravagances, including pricey chocolate. "The timing of the launch of the Starbucks proposition, frankly, we just missed the window," said Hershey Chief Executive David West during a Thursday conference call. "Our partner obviously had some other business challenges and the consumer at that price point wasn't sustainable."

Money.CNN

A New Site To Check Out

Check out Eat Me Daily, a blog that our friend Kaz found on the interweb.


Image from post on Hellman's Eat Local Campaign


A bit from their "Introduction" Section

Might as well start with a mission statement.

Eat Me Daily is a critical (and cynical) take on food, media, and culture, comprised of:

• Commentary and criticism—not mean-spirited, but with teeth;
• Aggregation of links deemed important, irreverent, redeeming, absurd, or plainly awesome;
• And occasional features of the grown-up, long-format kind.

Keeping it simple and comment-free for now.

A quick note: The name, Eat Me Daily, to some, may suggest something obscene. Get your head out of the gutter.

A secondary quick note: This is not a site for self-proposed "foodies," and probably not a site for your mom (unless your mom is awesome).

Here goes Eat Me Daily. Let's see if we can keep this up.

Wow. . .

Check out this blog that Tina S. pointed out - this guys loves eating stuff that is CRAZEEE in his "Steve Don't Eat That" posts.

KAM v SAM III & IV

Kool-Aid Man's take down of Soda Man continues. These spots focus on his 'sweet'-ness. Notice how he is becoming a bit more of a cheeky, knowing character, while still retaining his charm and innocence.

Fancy Fast Food

Need a way to fool a date into thinking you can cook?
Try Fancy Fast Food recipes.

Turn this:


Into This:


Try it @ Fancy Fast Food

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