Word: cocoa
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...fuel prices are driving up costs for manufacturers; faced with a choice between raising prices (which consumers would surely notice) or quietly putting fewer ounces in the bag, carton or cup (which they generally don't) manufacturers are choosing the latter. This month, Kellogg's started shipping Apple Jacks, Cocoa Krispies, Corn Pops, Froot Loops and Honey Smacks containing an average of 2.4 fewer ounces...
...release of 2005's X&Y, the New York Times' Jon Pareles declared, "Coldplay is the most insufferable band of the decade." (Adding salt to the wound, the piece appeared in the same section as a full-page ad for X&Y.) In his book Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, Chuck Klosterman upped the loathing and expanded the time frame: "Coldplay is absolutely the s____iest f___ing band I've ever heard in my entire f___ing life...
...Kerkmans, who was sure he'd have me loving beer by the first afternoon. We started by trying some nonlight American lagers over lunch at the hotel bar to figure out what I like, which definitely included a beer float using vanilla ice cream and an ale called Tommyknocker Cocoa Porter Winter Warmer. What I liked, Kerkmans determined, was rich, toasty malt over biting hops, ales over lagers and anything with a Belgian yeast. I also seemed to like beers more when I drank a lot of them...
...film in history, it is available at Lamont, and it stars Mikhail Baryshnikov, the Russian heartthrob best known by our generation as Carrie’s sixth-season love interest on “Sex and the City.” So mix up a strong peppermint (Schnapps) hot cocoa, settle into your comfy futon, and prepare for a trip to 19th-century Germany. There, you can lose yourself in yuletide festivities and dream sequences with Clara (Gelsey Kirkland) and her Nutcracker Prince (Baryshnikov). Just don’t expect to see the traditional roles of the Sugar Plum Fairy...
Cost of the world's most expensive dessert. Made of milk, cocoa, 5 g of 24-karat gold, gold-flecked whipped cream and shavings from a rare chocolate truffle, it's available at New York City's Serendipity 3, which has yet to sell...