by Kevin Burton Our favorite Mexican restaurant has an offering called “Special Rice.” It is special but I think I can do better. There it is kids, your official warning: I’m headed back into the kitchen. I don’t mind cooking but don’t truly love it. Mostly I rush through the process without …
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These Guys Were Really Into Chocolate
by Kevin Burton More than once I’ve gotten myself into a sticky situation and needed rescuing, but never like this. Two workers were rescued by firefighters after falling into a vat of chocolate at the Mars-Wrigley plant in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania June 9. “It’s a real life Willy Wonka story,” wrote http://www.entrepreneur.com. “At …
Cereal, Court Cases And Sweet Memories
by Kevin Burton Kellogg’s and other makers of sugary breakfast cereals will be restricted in how they market those products in the United Kingdom starting this October, according to the BBC. The Royal Courts of Justice last week ruled in favor of the government in a lawsuit filed by Kellogg’s. The American food giant had …
The Unsavory Reality Of Breakfast In Bed
by Kevin Burton Certain things sound great, but once you examine them are really not. One such concept is breakfast in bed. People talk about breakfast in bed as a mother’s day or birthday kind of special thing you do for someone. So I’m thinking about this and it hits me, who really …
New Coke, The Worst Corporate Idea?
by Kevin Burton Did you miss Bad Idea Day last week, April 23? Well it wasn’t actually named, per se. But New Coke was introduced on that day, in 1985. That’s good enough for me. What was the worst corporate idea of all time? Who’s to say? But New Coke is often …
The 110th Anniversary Of The Oreo Cookie
by Kevin Burton The legendary American treat Oreo cookie has its 110th birthday Monday. I don’t mean our personal Burton-owned Oreo cookies. They are not that old but they have been in the pantry for a while. On the previous granddaughter visit we attempted but did not complete, creation of an altogether …
Must Be The Queso That Sells These Chips
by Kevin Burton Covid has changed so many things, I can’t begin to tell you how many, but here’s one change in the Burton household. Whereas before my wife and I would be going to our favorite Mexican restaurant on a pleasant Friday evening, hanging out, chillin’, placing our order and waiting for …
In Cincinnati, Hungry For Victory And Chili
by Kevin Burton Here we go kids, going to have a daaaaaay to-day. Gonna do the full Cincinnati today. That’s right! The Bengals are in the playoffs, still in the playoffs, having survived the Raiders last week. I’m busting out the quarantine wardrobe Cincinnati Bengals pajama bottoms for the occasion. Ordered them …
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