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...Rocks. Cereality customers pay $4 a bowl, then choose and pour their milk--soy, flavored, skim or whole. At the Tempe, Ariz., flagship, "Cereologists"--pajama-clad servers--serve up plain old corn flakes as well as fancier combos. Among their popular concoctions: Devil Made Me Do It, combining Cocoa Puffs and Lucky Charms with chocolate milk and malt balls. On Nov. 29, a 1,500-sq.-ft. Philadelphia outpost is set to open. The chain's slogan? "95% of people like cereal; 57% like sex. We have cereal." --By Jeremy Caplan
Trix isn't just for kids anymore. Over the next three months General Mills, the nation's No. 2. cereal maker (behind Kellogg), will convert into whole-grain products all its "Big G" cereals, including high-sugar brands like Trix, Cocoa Puffs and Lucky Charms. The company says it is capitalizing on healthier eating habits and signs that the low-carb craze, which shuns whole grains, may have peaked. But isn't General Mills' Total for the high-fiber crowd? And do kids--and adults--want the Wheaties experience as they eat their Cocoa Puffs? General Mills says the treats...
FLORENCE Globe trotters drop in at the Santa Maria Novella pharmacy for all-natural beauty products like cocoa-butter hand cream ($45) and pomegranate soap...
...television programs extolling the cancer- and heart-attack-preventing nutrients in rich, dark chocolate have elevated the confectionery to the status of red wine. It's good for you and you can be snobbish about it. Product placards in the top chocolate shops and caf?s now list where the cocoa bean was grown as well as the percentage of cocoa in each mouthwatering morsel. The latest varieties have that distinct Japanese twist: fillings range from the requisite green tea to more quirky innovations such as sansho (a combination of spices usually reserved for broiled eel) and yuzu (a citrus often...
...Dark-chocolate addicts in Tokyo should take a hit of the 72%-cocoa signature praline at Pierre Marcolini, tel: (813) 5537 2047. If fillings are your focus, start at Ponto, tel: (813) 5414 2420, where red bean, green tea, black sesame, and soy bean powder chocolates decorated with seasonal motifs are on offer. Then head to Roppongi Hills, where Le Chocolate de H, tel: (813) 5772 0075, turns out exquisite red-pepper or gold-flecked champagne bonbons...