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OMG2 WGSFCB

Double post day! So, Trader Joe's is around the corner from my office, and currently has come up with the best idea in cereal since Cinnamon Toast Crunch (CTC). It is called Whole Grain Strawberry Filled Cereal Bites (WGSFCB). WGSFCB consists mainly of a crunch puffy square surrounding a dollop of strawberry jam. That's right. Jam filled cereal. I've yet to have it in milk, since it is super good for just snacking on.You know who would like WGSFCB? Bears.

OMG AHOY!!!!

You might think that Jonathan Adler these days is just a constant sponsor/commercial/host on Bravo's "Top Design." Which would be true, except that he has brilliantly created this WHALE BUTTER DISH. (See also: Matching Whale Pitcher).

You need this if: You are having a Moby Dick themed party, you are having dinner at any time in New England, you have a blowhole. The pitcher would look adorable filled with pretty blue flowers. Plus they are both somewhat reasonably priced under $100.

XOXO

I have no shame in admitting that I find "Gossip Girl" totally addicting, it is my cinnamon toast crunch of TV- full of empty calories and completely devoid of nutritional value, but sweet, crunchy and satisfying.
Bluefly.com isn't helping any, as they've gathered pages and pages of each character's wardrobe to scan through. My only complaint is that there's no female-inspired Chuck Bass options.

Potirons vrais!

Not to double post on pumpkins- but before I head off for a weekend of gluttonous indulgence in Portland, OR ( Beast, Le Pigeon, etc.) I wanted to expand a bit on pumpkins. While they are a usual fall staple, this year it seems to be taken further as a TREND in some respects. Specifically, heirloom pumpkin varieties and pumpkin seeds.
Lately I've seen pumpkin seeds toasted in guacamole, and candied into brittle. Pumpkin seed pesto, popular in Austria, is also showing up quite frequently.

Fake pumpkins.

Until yesterday, I was unaware of the existence of Funkins. They are fake foam carvable pumpkins that won't rot like real pumpkins. This is cheating. If you don't carve real pumpkins, how are you going to make homemade candied pumpkin seeds? What about getting your hands covered in cold, damp, borderline gelatinous pumpkin guts and spongy pumpkin flesh under your fingernails?Plus, they're a little pricey. I wouldn't want to screw up carving one of these.

Food Statistics

Nate Silver is dreamy. He's brilliant, adorably geeky-skinny, a hero among baseball fans, and currently is getting a ton of press for fivethirtyeight.com, his political analysis site. But the election will be over in a month, and baseball season is drawing to a close. Can we only hope that there might be a smidgen of time left over for him to resurrect his food blog, The Burrito Bracket, which seems to have been deserted almost a year ago? Or maybe come over for dinner?
I doubt it, but a girl can dream.