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Two fun chocolate bars. And no perfume.

Posted by Robin on 6 March 2010 121 Comments

Vosges Mo's Dark Bacon barChuao Panko bar

We don’t stray off topic too often, but it does happen: I wrote three posts about chocolate back in 2008, and I tried, but mostly failed, to talk about perfume at the same time.* After that I went on eating lots of chocolate but I kept my chocolate talk confined to Twitter where I occasionally announce my bar of the day. Then Jessica told me she was going to do a post about chocolate-scented body products and perfumes, and I figured I’d go ahead and share two recent discoveries. You have to eat to keep up your strength for all that perfume testing, right?

Some time ago I tried a Mo’s Bacon Bar (applewood bacon + alderwood salt + deep milk chocolate) from Vosges. Bacon + chocolate is not a taste combination most of us are used to…

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Help if you can

Posted by Robin on 13 January 2010 16 Comments

You can donate $10 to the American Red Cross for relief efforts in Haiti by texting "HAITI" to 90999, or donate $5 to Yele Haiti by texting "Yele" to 501501.

Here are links for: Oxfam America, Doctors Without Borders, Unicef. Other organizations suggested by Charity Navigator include Convoy of Hope and Direct Relief International. Please note that many of these organizations are receiving lots of internet traffic today, so pages may be slow to load.

Floral concoctions and aromatic blossoms

Posted by Robin on 5 January 2010 16 Comments

Flowers have long been a staple of international cuisines. Consider dried lavender blossoms in herbes de Provence or Iranian rice pudding scented with rose water. But recently, floral concoctions and aromatic blossoms have moved out of the kitchen and behind the bar, where they are deployed as much for their delicate flavors as their visual appeal.

— From How to Sip a Flower Garden at the New York Times, with thanks to Marietta for the link!

Happy Holidays!

Posted by Robin on 24 December 2009 217 Comments

christmas-cactus

We'll be back on Sunday. Sorry, make that Monday — we're still recovering. See you tomorrow!

Note: image is christmas cactus by anee.baba at flickr; some rights reserved.

New FTC guidelines for bloggers

Posted by Robin on 6 October 2009 65 Comments

The Federal Trade Commission will try to regulate blogging for the first time, requiring writers on the Web to clearly disclose any freebies or payments they get from companies for reviewing their products.

[...] Violating the rules, which take effect Dec. 1, could bring fines up to $11,000 per violation. Bloggers or advertisers also could face injunctions and be ordered to reimburse consumers for financial losses stemming from inappropriate product reviews.

— From Bloggers Must Disclose Payments for Reviews at the New York Times (update: link no longer working, but you can read the same article here). Many thanks to Sondra for the link!

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