Simply become a Facebook Fan of Edible Arrangements and you’ll be able to sign up to receive a coupon code for a free box of six Dipped Fruit pieces: chocolate-covered strawberries, orange and pear slices and pineapple daisies (the selection may vary by location).

The offer ends on November 16th or once 100,000 new fans are registered, so do it today! (At a retail value of $15 per box, that’s $1.5 million worth of fruit being given away!) There’s also a 10% holiday early-bird discount off the purchase price of any orders placed before December 1, 2009.

Edible Arrangements sculpted fruit baskets are our favorite healthy dessert and snack—beautiful to look at, perfect for parties and a terrific way to teach kids that cake and ice cream aren’t the only things worth looking forward to.

Chocolate-dipped fruit: A heaven-sent combination.

On Saturday, October 31, the kids will be out gathering lots of Halloween loot—99.9% of it, if not 100%, falling outside the parameters of good nutrition. YoCrunch has a solution:

For up to two weeks following Halloween, parents can trade in any candy wrapper that their kids have earned trick or treating to YoCrunch for a coupon good for any YoCrunch product.

Of particular interest to the candy-coveting set are YoCrunch yogurts that combine healthy food (lowfat yogurt) topped with fun (the candy); specifically, Vanilla topped with Oreo, Butterfinger, Reese’s Pieces, Nestle Crunch (also available with strawberry yogurt) or M&M’s Chocolate Candies. For more nutrition, there are Strawberry topped with 100% natural lowfat granola; and Blueberry, Mixed Berry, Raspberry, Peach and Strawberry Banana topped with 100% natural lowfat granola. And for healthier trick-or-treating, there’s the special Halloween edition of YoCrunch, available through the end of October.

Trade a Halloween candy wrapper for a YoCrunch coupon. Halloween Yo-Crunch available through the end of October.

The candy and granola are packaged in the form of crunchy mix-ins in a separate container atop the package.

If you’d like to participate in the free coupon promotion, send a candy wrapper with your name and address clearly printed, to:

Shaina Zalma
YoCrunch
9507 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 300
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Wrappers should be sent October 31-November 14. Note that there’s a limit of one submission per household.

All of YoCrunch’s yogurt products contain live and active cultures that aid in digestion. Visit Yocrunch.com for more information.

The Cheesecake Factory invites you to celebrate National Cheesecake Day, July 30th. Dine in at any Cheesecake Factory and enjoy a slice of your favorite flavor of cheesecake for half price. There are 30 flavors to choose from, including low-carb options.

July 30th is also the debut of the newest cheesecake flavor, Stefanie’s Ultimate Red Velvet Cake Cheesecake: two layers of red velvet cake and two layers of creamy cheesecake (what a country!).

Don’t look at this as self-indulgence: It’s charity work. For every slice of Stefanie’s Ultimate Red Velvet Cake Cheesecake sold over the next 12 months, The Cheesecake Factory will donate 25 cents to Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger relief charity.

Are you ready to help the cause?

Red Velvet Cheesecake debuts at The Cheesecake Factory on July 30th, National Cheesecake Day.

Mmmm–free donuts (and more).

On Tuesday, July 21, Starbucks is handing out free pastry, IF:

Pastries included in the offer are: apple fritter, bagel, bread, cheese danish, coffeecake, croissant, doughnut, gluten free orange valencia cake, morning bun, muffins, pie, pound cake, roll, scone, tart and tropical paradise bar. Hey, someone calm down Homer Simpson—remember, you only get one free pasty per customer!

Print your invitation.

Or open this page in a mobile device and show your barista.

The offer is valid between opening and 10:30 a.m. or until pastries are gone, whichever comes first. So, don’t wander in to Starbucks at 10:35 tomorrow morning looking to buy a pastry—there won’t be anything but crumbs left on those shelves!

Drink Me magazine, a lifestyle publication about drinking and bar culture, celebrates alcohol (beer, wine, spirits) and the drinking establishments in which they’re enjoyed. The first issue was April 2009, followed by a second in May/June. Hopefully, July/August is just around the corner.

The first issue was a bit thin, but for free, there are nuggets worth perusing. Issue 2 provides a sampling of historic drinking locations in San Francisco, where the publication is based; and three articles that philosophize. Attractive graphics are interspersed with quotes from famous people on alcohol.

You can download the issues (or read them online) at http://drinkmemag.com.

If you’re looking for an opportunity to share your deep knowledge of cocktails, spirits and/or drinking establishments, or take photos or create related artwork, this may be your opportunity. Contact contribute@drinkmemag.com.

Love the cocktail culture? Download the first two issues of Drink Me free.

The magazine’s title comes from Chapter I of Alice in Wonderland. Alice, who “had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it…burning with curiosity…ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge. In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.” Down the rabbit hole, Alice finds that she’s too big to get through the doorway into the garden, until she spots the bottle with the label that says “DRINK ME,” which shrinks her down to ten inches tall.

For those who remember the tale, this turns out not to a simple solution, but is the beginning of a series of adventures—not all particularly pleasant, if you remember a Queen of Spades commanding her minions to lop off Alice’s head (sounds like someone is having the DTs!). Hopefully, Drink Me magazine will provide happier adventures for its readers. Whether or not it’s appropriate for an alcohol magazine to use a prepubescent girl as its logo…well, we just won’t go there.

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Get your free swirl on Friday. If you’re reading this after Friday, you can still enjoy Pinkberry—just not for free!

If you like frozen yogurt and live near a Pinkberry store, you’re in luck. This Friday, June 26 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Pinkberry is giving away “free swirls” in celebration of its new flavors, Passionfruit Pinkberry and Coconut Pinkberry.

So for all you Pinkberry fans who’ve been feeding your habit with Original, Green Tea and Pomegranate Pinkberry: Here’s your chance to treat your tongue to rich and smooth Coconut or tangy, tropical Passionfruit. For everyone who hasn’t been to a Pinkberry yet, now you can try it free. At participating stores while supplies last. Note that the free sample does not apply to delivery service, so don’t even think of calling to ask for your free sample to be delivered.

A lovely confit leg of duck, ready to heat an eat.

And now, we’ve discovered a $3.00 printable coupon, good until the end of the year. It’s like printing money. Discounted duck—just what we needed in a recession.

- Here’s the $3.00 coupon.

- Here’s our review of Maple Leaf Farms duck products.

Friendly's Ice Cream Cones

Friendly’s Mint Chocolate Chip Cookie Crunch and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup ice cream.

The only thing better than ice cream is FREE ice cream. Friendly Ice Cream Corp. is bringing back its Free Ice Cream Day on June 6. Customers can score a free one-scoop dish or cone of any of Friendly’s 26 ice cream flavors between noon and 5 p.m., at participating restaurants.

Friendly‘s free ice cream promotion debuted last year, when the 505-unit chain gave away more than 300,000 cones. This year, the chain plans to promote the giveaway on the Facebook and Twitter to increase its amount of exposure.

“We want to give away as much ice cream as possible,” said Ned Lidvall, Friendly’s chief executive. “We hope that by getting the word out online, a record-breaking number of people will come in.” Thanks, Friendly’s, for doing your best to be friendly during these recessionary times.

- See reviews of our favorite gourmet ice cream brands.
- What’s the difference between ice cream, French ice cream, gelato, frozen custard, etc.? See our Ice Cream Glossary.
- Enjoy the History Of Ice Cream.
- Take our Ice Cream Trivia Quiz.

- Learn about the origins of the brownie.
- See our favorite gourmet brownie brands.

- Citrus Arugula Salad
- Flank Steak With Citrus Salad
- Honey Mustard Citrus Spinach Salad
- Mango Chicken Stir-Fry
- Mango Grilled Chicken Salad
- Pear, Blue Cheese & Walnut Salad
- Pork Tenderloin With Citrus Salsa
- Thai Shrimp & Citrus Salad

Is organic citrus better than conventionally-grown fruit? THE NIBBLE tells all:

- Organic Vs. Conventional Citrus Fruit
- Dietary Help Or Media Hype: Are Organic Fruits & Vegetables Really Better?