Articles in the food/cooking Category

Outrageous Fortune Cookie
By carli
Posted in food/cooking, for her, for him, housewarming/host, toys, under $50 on 10 October 2008
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If we lived in a land of giants, you could give this enormous fortune cookie to a friend and he’d be all, “What’s the big deal about this? It’s not even as big as my thumb. Ho ho ho.” And you’d be all, “I thought only Santa Claus said ‘ho ho ho’” and he’d be all, “No. Giants say it too. It’s the Green Giant’s trademark phrase.”

Thankfully, we do not live amongst giants–but I am equally thankful to live amongst these really big fortune cookies.

My New Philosophy. . .
By carli
Posted in college kid, food/cooking, teen, tween, under $25 on 10 October 2008
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My New Philosophy body wash smells like pumpkin spice muffins. . . which is good, because I really like the smell of pumpkin spice muffins, but also bad, because now I really want a pumpkin spice muffin and I don’t have one.

Blockheads
By carli
Posted in food/cooking, under $10, under $25 on 22 September 2008
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Salt and Playtime salt and pepper shakers. For those who like well-seasoned foods. And childhood. And, to a lesser extent, Sarah Palin or anyone with the same initials as Sarah Palin.

Dough Re Mi
By carli
Posted in food/cooking, housewarming/host on 1 September 2008
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Hey, did you steal that title from a third season episode of the Brady Bunch?

Uh, yeah. Greg didn’t have enough “dough” to rent a studio to record his really groovy song “We Can Make the World a Whole Lot Brighter.”

Maybe that’s because he spent all his dough on this bread.
I think we’ve exhausted the [...]

Are Tears as Recyclable as Glass?
By carli
Posted in eco-friendly, food/cooking, for her, for him, housewarming/host, under $25 on 31 August 2008
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My sister and I have this little joke: I find out she’s throwing a party to which I’m not invited, and I call her and tell her I’m busy that night. Then, on the actual night of the wine tasting or football-watching gathering or bbq, she has a great time with her friends and I [...]

You Better Put Some Beef On That
By carli
Posted in food/cooking, for her, for him, novelty, teen, under $25 on 30 August 2008
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Remember in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, when Willy Wonka had that lickable wallpaper that really tasted like fruit when you licked it? Yeah, this beef bandage assortment is just like that, only it’s meat instead of fruit. And it’s bandages instead of wallpaper. And if you lick one, it won’t actually taste like [...]