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Valentine’s Day Giveaway – Chocolate, Chocolate and more Chocolate!

Just when you thought your splurge mode from the holidays was complete, Cupid went and shot a stupid arrow right into your, well, you know….But honestly, who can resist a day that celebrates the people you love? Yes, it may be full of cheesy commercials (that honestly make me gag and yell at the dumb woman saying a choked up “YES!” on a jewelry commercial), but I will gladly take a day to remind those loved ones how much I care!

Whole Foods Market Paris Red Fair Trade Roses

Beautiful "Paris Red" Fair Trade roses with the most seductive black, velvety tips. LOVE!

These beauties have been making my apartment smell heavenly (dare I say even a little Parisian???) and now I just can’t wait for Valentine’s Day! Of course, I’ll be traveling for work, and will most likely be dining with clients and colleagues, who are great – but still….I’m celebrating early (and late when I get back) to make up for my absence. To find what my fave pick is for Valentine’s Chocolate and win some awesome swag for post-Valentine’s Day chocolate withdrawals, click through and read the rest!

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Categories Get the hand cuffs, Giveaway, Healthy Snack, Inspiration

No Introduction Needed

29 Sep

Honey Lavender Mini Doughnuts by Siiri Sampson

Honey Lavender mini baked cake doughnuts with a cream cheese brown sugar glaze and dried lavender

Baked mimi cake doughnuts double chocolate with chips and chocolate glaze with crushed pistachios by Siiri Sampson

Double Chocolate mini cake doughnuts, baked, with chocolate glaze and crushed pistachios

Ginger nutmeg mini cake doughnuts with orange glaze and coconut by Siiri Sampson

Ginger nutmeg mini cake doughnuts with orange glaze and coconut sprinkles

baked mini cake doughnuts by Siiri Sampson

All the kids, ready for a field trip to the office to treat my coworkers!

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Categories Get the hand cuffs, You are what you eat

Gilt-y As Charged!

29 Aug

Seattle People: All Eyes At Full Attention! You don’t want to miss these yummy opportunities coming up this week on Gilt City Seattle!

I got the inside track on the following two face-stuffingly good items, and if you’re like me (cheap and unable to resist a chance to stuff your face) then you’ll want to be on point, so pay attention!

Both live tomorrow right here: http://www.giltcity.com/seattle, and you can indulge in The Chocolate Box and 106 Pine & Teacake Bake Shop

For the treat deets, click through to the rest of the post and more mouth watering pics!

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Categories Get the hand cuffs, Local Plate, You are what you eat

I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Snoqualmie Creamery – This Saturday!

22 Jun

FREE ICE CREAM & MUSIC

Did that get your attention? I hope so, because this weekend you can drive to Maltby, just 30-40 minutes North of Seattle and insert your face into a truckload of free ice cream, hot dogs and more with the Snoqualmie Ice Creamery.

Snoqualmie Ice Cream Announces First Annual Ice Cream-O-Rama
June 25th, 11:00am – 4:00pm
FREE ICE CREAM – LIVE MUSIC – ICE CREAMERY TOURS

Here’s the skinny (which I won’t be after I eat all the ice cream), they are NOT paying me to say this, in fact, I’m getting nothing whatsoever. I have loved this company for the past 5 years, after I first discovered their honey lavender (now French Lavender) in a little stand behind a cheese counter and next to a Chinese tchotke stand in the Pike Place market. It. CHANGED. MY. LIFE. True story.

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Categories Food Matters, Get the hand cuffs, Local Plate, Street Food Extravaganza, You are what you eat

Food Frame Friday: Shnoo for you.

27 May

There’s an AWESOME fro yo joint in Renton (near Seattle) and I know they have other locations (at least one I think in the Bellevue area?). Who cares, what matters is this:

Mixed Berry NONFAT fro yo with white chocolate chips and brownie chunks? YES

Well, hello there, precious coconut flavored mochi bits!

Mango fro yo, fresh mango chunks and baby mochi bites. I DIE!

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Categories Food Matters, Get the hand cuffs, Local Plate, You are what you eat

Food Frame Friday: Tots. Duh!

15 Apr

If I don’t talk about how long it’s been since I last blogged (over a month), and just pretend no one noticed (since there are literally only 5 readers which includes family members and myself) would anyone really care?

I’m going with a big fat NO.

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Food Frame Friday: The First Churro in Indonesia. EVER.

4 Mar

According to the advertising team behind Churreria, they are for sure the first Churro-hawking joint EVER in Indonesia. And since we don’t really know how you would go about proving that one way or the other (and they’re totally banking on that fact), we’re gonna go with it.

God, would I LOVE to see that menu.

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Categories Get the hand cuffs, Street Food Extravaganza, UFO: Unidentified Food Object, You are what you eat

Truffles, Caviar and Gourmet Salts – Wholesale Food Porn

23 Feb

I don’t know how I didn’t know about this place before, but thanks to the ladies at Dollar Store Crafts I just found out about Marky’s. Their tagline is “Caviar, Smoked Salmon, Foie Gras, Truffles”. Yes, yes, yes and yes.

Buy French Summer Black Truffles Whole 7 oz. The best gourmet food on sale online.

French Summer Black Truffles from Marky's

If you like salt, and by “like” I mean you (like me) have a salt lick next to your bed, and dream about your cupboard being stocked full of a rainbow presentation of worldly salts, then this place is for you.

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Fudge off! The search for the best Lazy-bones fudge recipe.

17 Dec

I’m gonna level with you – even coming up with a post and finding time to get it written up right now is challenging. My brain is already thinking about the stockings I’ll be sewing by hand this weekend. What? That is totally something I don’t have time for? Yes, you’re correct. And I should buy them? I know, I even looked. At three stores. Couldn’t find any that didn’t suck big time.

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