Ben & Jerry’s: Pilgrimage to the Sweetest Place on Earthfeatured
I have a confession to make. When I first saw an invitation in my inbox to take part in a “VIP ice cream experience” at Ben & Jerry’s HQ in Burlington, VT, I thought it was a prank. I mean, really? Taste-testing all the new flavors, meeting the Flavor Gurus behind all the tasty, frosty treats, and (gasp) even creating my own?! Pinch, pinch. Too good to be true.
Lucky for me (maybe not so lucky for my girlish figure), it wasn’t a prank at all. My wildest ice cream dreams were about to come true.
Joined by a scant dozen of fellow blogging cohorts, I arrived into fresh-aired Burlington, was greeted with a B&J goodie bag (can you say Pint Cozy?!), and braced myself for what was going to be an aggressively delicious next few days.
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Dip, Baby, Dipfeatured
All that balmy weather and sunshine last week had me jones-ing for a BBQ throwback. Chips, dip, some charred dogs, cold beer, and a boom-box blaring something from 1994 if at all possible.
Those 69 Boyz, they knew a thing or two — about the universal popularity of dip, that is.
A party’s not a party without some chips and dip. A few crowd-pleasers that have made it to my Top Hits list…
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Best of the Fancy Food Show 2010: Hidden Gemsfeatured
Now that we’ve covered the heavy weight categories at the Fancy Food Show, Chocolate and Cheese, I wanted to give some shout outs to our favorite Hidden Gems discovered at the show this year:
- The Smoked Olive – Sonoma Smoked Olive Oil
- Vignette Wine Country Soda – Pinot Noir
- Black Garlic – Whole Black Garlic Bulbs
- Mama’s Goodies – Sesame Seed Butter Nut Crunch
- Lotus Foods – Indonesian Volcano Rice
- The Ginger People – Ginger Chews
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Best of the Fancy Food Show 2010: Loco for Cocoafeatured
Chocolate at the Fancy Food Show is no joke. It’s a beautiful sight to see. Aisles upon aisles of nothing but the sweet cocoa stuff. It’s a dream. Top 5 drool-worthy chocolates of 2010:
- Antoine Amrani – Coffee Sour Cherry Truffle
- Chuao Chocolatier – Firecracker
- Fran’s Chocolates – Gray & Smoked Salt Caramels
- Bissinger’s – Chocolate-Covered Wine Grapes
- Metromint – Chocolatemint Water
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