Sugar Savvy

Of all the types of sugar around, one of my favorites is icing sugar, or confectioner’s sugar. In a city where white Christmases (or white Julys) are impossible, for a lot of my life sifted icing sugar was the closest I came to snow. When making cakes my mother used to sit me at the […]

The commercials finally got to me. I had to stop by Chick-Fil-A and try their new mint cookies and cream milkshake. It was thick, so I’ll just say my first swallow was refreshing and yummy. I felt like I just got off a barstool at a soda fountain, not a drive-thru fast food restaurant.
Now I […]

Brian over at Candy Addict posted a review of Wrigley’s new “5” sugarless gum earlier this week. Sounds like they’re givin’ it out like….candy. We got us some too.
Here’s what I think.
Let me first disclose the fact that I am essentially addicted to Wrigley’s Extra. I chew it… a LOT (usually 3-4 sticks at a […]

The bucolic description on the back of the Black Ace Licorice package reads “Black Ace Licorice reminds us of forgotten summer days spent hanging out on the back porch with your best friend, a game of hide and seek or skipping a rock across the pond.” There is a creative writer somewhere in their marketing […]

A recent survey by Cadbury’s reached an interesting conclusion: women in Great Britain prefer chocolate to sex. According to the survey, 52 percent of women would rather dive into a delicious chocolate bar then dive into the sack, compared with 87 percent of men who prefer sex (big surprise there!).
One responder said that “Chocolate never […]

After a terrible, hot day where my body overheated while gardening and my hot water wouldn’t work (hence, can’t take a good shower), I ran out to a local retailer and bought a new dishwasher and an air-conditioner in a period of about 10 minutes. Afterwards, my shocked husband (that’s the biggest, fastest purchase I […]

Strolling through the checkout lane of my local grocery store after successfully collecting all of the items indicated on my shopping list, I can’t help but be drawn to the displays of impulse buys. By no means do I stick strictly to my list, frequently deviating from my notation to try out new products or […]