Ahhh, research, this job is so tough sometimes…or not. Here’s what I learned about babka.
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Oh yea baby, want some wicked popcorn? Check out www.wickedpopcorn.com. This small Tampa-based company rocks some killer popcorn in wicked flavors: peanut butter and jelly (grape or strawberry, your call), Kung Pow Chedder or Mr. Sour Cream and the Great White Chedder, to name a few. Best yet, , the company donates a portion of the proceeds to Make-A-Wish Foundation of America. A one-gallon box runs about $10.

Who’d have thunk that the simple burger, Wimpy’s favorite food would turn into the icon of icons. Well after having eaten burgers with short rib meat and foie gras, burgers of every conceivable meat, fish and fowl, I thought there could be nowhere else to go. Wrong.
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Aerosmith rocker, Joe Perry has been cranking out hot sauce for some time now. His Rock Your World Boneyard Brew made with fresh habanero peppers, onions and garlic, fresh squeezed lime juice, red bell peppers, chipotle peppers, and aged red wine vinegar is a winner. Now he has taken a hot sauce trip to the Carribean.
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Jerry Shriver of USA Today reports that Song, the low-cost airline owned by Delta is offering organic baby food and organic snacks (not free though) on all of its flights.
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Those who love bacon at breakfast, a good BLT, a bacon wrapped filet or even my favorite retro hors d’oeuvre, rumaki (bacon-wrapped chicken liver and water chestnuts), there is a bacon for you.
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For the longest time, the only time I can into contact with cranberries was during the holidays when Mama or some aunt dutifully serve that jellied cranberry sauce that came in a can for Christmas dinner.
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The road to Natchez, Mississippi is paved with lush greenery, beautiful plantation homes and Jerry Lee Lewis’ humble house that sits adjacent to the Pik-Quick drive-through convenience store. Fabulous fun! All of this pales when hunger strikes and the taste for tamales tantalizes.
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The newest museum on the New Orleans scene is one that is dedicated to “the discovery, understanding, and celebration of the food, drink, and culture of the South” says Elizabeth Williams, the museum’s president.
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For the portion-control impaired, help is here. No need to haul out the measuring cups, just choose your cleverly marked bowl to get the precise amount of cereal, yogurt or any food that causes “portion distortion.”

Mesu, a set of six nesting bowls hold portion sizes ranging from 1/2 cup - 2 cups, are sanity and waist-line saviors as well as being great looking, fun and functional. A set costs just under $50.00 from www.mesu.us