David’s Signature Beyond Gourmet Jelly Beans Sampler
Rosa Three words: bacon jelly beans. Oh I’m sorry, you wanted more than that? Okay. I got a free sampler box of David’s Signature Beyond Gourmet Jelly Beans?(available online from Amazon/Oregon…
March 2012
Belgian Sweet Treats
Serious Eats has a nice round-up of chocolate and nut treats that can be found in Brussels. I want speculoos almonds! I know that Neuhaus has US outposts in NYC,…
Vosges Smoke and Stout Caramel Bar
I’m slowly tasting my way through Vosges’s many different bars – slowly because they run about $10 for each 3 oz bar. The Smoke & Stout Caramel Bar was comprised…
No Bake Snickers Cake
I’ve always been meh on peanuts, so Snickers don’t really do it for me. But man, check out these food porn photos of a no bake Snickers cake on Bakers…
Recchiuti Sesame Nougatine
Here’s another A Southern Season’s splurge, a full-sized Recchiuti Sesame Nougatine bar to go with their?Asphalt Jungle Mix.?It was described as “dark milk chocolate with sesame nougatine and fleur de…
Hedonist Spring Collection
I went back to Rochester over spring “break” to work on some brain data I left there. Grad students don’t get vacation! Fortunately, my visit was timed so that I…
Homegrown Skittles Star
Skittles is known for its off the wall commercials. Now, via Serious Eats, they’ve hired an off the wall spokesperson in Trale Lewous, a crazy guy who can’t pronounce words…
French Broad Chocolates – Part 2
Here’s part 2 of my review of some?French Broad Chocolates purchased at A Southern Season. On Monday, I reviewed the vanilla bourbon and mole negro. Today, we’ll cover the fig…
Candy Candy Chewing Chewing
Oh Japan and your crazy commercials! Via the Hairpin, a Candy Candy music video from Japan that makes Katy Perry look normal.
French Broad Chocolates – Part 1
I picked up a quartet of French Broad Chocolates while I was at A Southern Season. They got a special mention at the chocolate counter because they were local. In…
Recchiuti Asphalt Jungle Mix
A little over a week ago, I discovered the new eater of my minimal grad student disposable income: A Southern Season. It’s a megalopolis of gourmet goods: fine meats and…
Want 100 lbs of Jelly Beans?
The folks at Gimbal’s wanted me to let y’all know about their newest promo: a contest with a grand prize of 100 pounds of their gourmet jelly beans. You have…