NEWS: Penguin Ice Water Served At Inaugural Ball

We just learned that Penguin Ice waters was served at The Green Ball, held in Washington D.C.’s historic Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on Inauguration weekend. Designed by noted San Francisco architect Arthur Brown, Jr. between 1926 and 1931, the Mellon Auditorium was completed in 1934 and is the central focus of a tripartite building group…
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VALENTINE’S DAY GIFTS: VDay Minus 12 ~ Chocolate & Bacon

Bacon brownies? Sure—chocolate and bacon are a great combo. Buy them at EmbraceSweets.com. For traditional chocolate, we love Mo’s Bacon Bar from VosgesChocolate.com. Applewood smoked bacon and alder wood smoked salt in 41% cacao deep milk chocolate. It rocks. If you want bacon chocolate in a more gifty form, the same chocolate is made into…
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PRODUCT REVIEW: Cheese of the Week ~ Beemster X-O

Beemster X-O from iGourmet. This week’s cheese recommendation comes from guest blogger Dana Romero, proprietor of La Fromagerie D’Acadiana in Lafayette, Louisiana. I love the flavor of this week’s cheese because “the butterscotch permeates the palate, followed by alternating waves of whiskey and pecan.” I am sorry if I am waxing euphoric over Beemster X-O,…
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