Friday, January 02, 2009 

SWEET ALLEY - 1103A State Street

is gone. Gone. Empty. Fixtures removed. Paper in windows. 

(a commenter says they moved to IV...is this true? I didn't see any signs posted like Santa Barbara Consignment which has them plastered in their windows saying they are moving...oh, and they are opening up at 6:00ish a.m. tomorrow with sale items up to 75% off...)

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Tuesday, September 30, 2008 

M&M's are made in China?

....Mars remains confident that none of its chocolate or confectionery products made in China include any dairy ingredients adulterated with melamine and that all of its products are safe for consumption”, the company statement says. - North Country Gazette

Mars North America said in a statement that its operations in China do not get any ingredients from companies found to be selling melamine-contaminated dairy products. It says the Chinese food-safety agency tested samples of Mars China's milk powder suppliers and found them to be free of melamine. - International Herald Tribune

Supermarkets in Hong Kong have also been pulling Oreo's, M&M's and Snickers off the shelves after Indonesia found traces of melamine in those products. - Shanghaist

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Sunday, September 23, 2007 

Hope you visit my advertiser!

There's a banner ad on the right hand side there, thanks to Google. You never know who might be showing up in that "rent-a-space". I noticed yesterday that we have a delicious sounding advertiser these days, Big Island Candies. I clicked by and saw some mighty delicious sounding things! Mocha, Hibiscus, Dark Chocolate, Yuzu and Coconut truffles! Wow!
Big Island Candies was established in 1977 to manufacture and market fine quality macadamia nut candies and cookies using 100 percent Hawaii-grown macadamia nuts and Kona coffee, island eggs, real butter and high-grade chocolate. Since its founding, Big Island Candies has continuously introduced new and imaginative products that “wow” both the eyes and taste buds of its growing legion of fans.

All of our products are made with pride at our chocolate factory, gift shop, and headquarters in Hilo, Hawaii.

...If you can't come in person, you can still experience our Aloha Spirit and share it with others by ordering from our catalog or from this Web site. Mahalo, thank you, for visiting bigislandcandies.com!

Stop on by their site. Take a look. They have their Fall Selection available. If someone you know has a special occassion coming up, send them a little "aloha!"

Personally, I'd like to personally pick out some goodies there in Hawai'i. I'm a BIG fan of macadamia nuts. Of course, it would take a while to make up my mind so I would have to spend quite some time there in the 50th State!

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Wednesday, April 11, 2007 

Food Section Wednesday

I love the Wednesday edition of most papers. Generally it means...FOOD SECTIONS! Whoo Hooo!

The wonderful thing about these special sections is that it highlights the things that we all share in common....the need to eat (preferably something good.) North. East. West. South. We are all looking for "Good Eats." But some of the stories have a strong sense of place and the little things that set each community apart.

From the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, there's a story on what to have in your kitchen to get ready for storms and hurricanes.

With Tropical Storm Alberto ringing in this year's hurricane season, the answer to that question shouldn't be difficult to answer. But if you're like the thousands of Coastal Bend residents who have blown off stocking their shelves for a storm, now's the time to head to the grocery store, while Gulf waters are calm.

You're thinking tuna and bottled water, right?

That's a start. Non-perishables fly off shelves when the weather gets bad, so stocking up can mean the difference between eating from a can when electricity's out or having comfort food in the middle of chaos.

From the Minneapolis-St. Paul City Pages, there's a terrific story of an unusual foodie magnate. A Minnesota Marshmallow Magnate.
How does a woman with five kids make a few hundred thousand marshmallows? Very, very well. World, meet Laura Dhuyvetter, the only woman in the history of time to have five kids under the age of ten and launch a company that is inarguably one of the world's most important gourmet s'mores creators.
The Philadelphia Inquirer is lamenting the loss of many a specialty food/candy store in the City of Brotherly Love and rejoicing in finding a new one in the midst of the ruins.
It was a glorious age, if you were a candy watcher: "He did tremendous rabbits and chicks and shell eggs," recalls local candy wholesaler Jack Lees, admiring the work of Harold Schafer, now deceased.

It is a common refrain, more a lament, really, among Philadelphia's aging band of candymen. This season (even as Hershey decamps, in part, to Mexico), Harry Young, another stalwart of Easter, is gone: His iconic shop on Girard Avenue closed after his death last year.

But a happy reversal of fortune is playing out beneath the massive rafters and overhead flywheels that spun the belts to mix the buttercream at the Schafer's plant: Michael and Julie Holahan have opened a candy store.

From the Lansing State Journal, there's a little story on something sweet that has caught Martha's eye.

Imagine a wedding dress made entirely of icing. Michele Hester did - complete with elaborate lace bustier and sleeves, flouncy skirt and a huge bow that looks like satin.

It's all made of sugar and eggs, a concoction she calls SugarVeil that's more commonly used for elaborate cakes and other edibles.

....And after years of cold calls to chief executive officers and hours on her feet at trade shows selling her inventions, a remarkable thing happened. Martha Stewart came by.

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