Word: pecans
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...with deliciously rebellious flavor combinations. Those leaning toward adult tastes might want to sample the mojito cupcake. Topped with mint leaves and soaked with rum, this cupcake will leave any taster lovedrunk for the childishly adult snack.At the opposite end of the spectrum is the classically sweet cinnamon chai Pecan Sticky, which still offers a wonderfully complex eating experience. A more mature chai flavor provides a counterpoint to the childishly tactile delight of dipping one’s tongue into the sugary syrup that tops the cupcake. One bite of the simple-yet-refined chocolate and vanilla cupcakes will quickly...
...thing that transformed Starbucks and Cold Stone Creamery from local favorites into global brands--a knack for taking an ordinary but well-liked food and tarting it up into a premium product. Dale and Thomas sells more than 100 popcorn flavors, from Chocolate Chunk N' Caramel to Sweet Georgia Pecan, and each bowl can by customized with "pop-ins"--sweets like fudge or jelly beans that customers can add to their popcorn. A regular- size bag with the works costs about $6. "Popcorn is a commodity," Struhl says. "We made it into an experience...
...then there's YouTube. Last month Trippi made an embarrassingly awkward video with fellow Edwards adviser Jonathan Prince, in which the two attempted to make the candidate's favorite pecan pie. They offered to share the recipe (courtesy of Edwards' mother) in return for a minimum donation of $6.10; the appeal brought in nearly $300,000 in a week, Trippi says. All it cost was the $20 or so it took to buy the pie ingredients, which made it a highly efficient way to raise money. By comparison, Trippi says, a direct-mail solicitation can easily run into hundreds...
...soup wasn't bad, if a little intense and sharp. In fact, a lot of the food--especially mushy stuff like the no-bean hummus and the pecan crumble--had a biting, rough quality. But some of it--like the mandoline-thin zucchini that served as pasta in the vegetable lasagna or the marinated shiitake sandwich made with thin layers of dehydrated soft crackers--was bright, fresh and fun. For dinner one night at a raw-food restaurant in L.A. I had clever little vegetable "pizzas" and a bowl of squash shaved into a linguine shape, bathed in curry...
...Geeks in the Kitchen Whipping up a chocolate souffl?, right, is tricky, especially if you have no idea what soft peaks are. Enter the photo-rich blog Cooking for Engineers (cookingforengineers.com). Before mulling your own cider, making lasagna or baking pecan pie, check the site to see how a dish should look at each stage. Learn culinary mechanics as you go. Created as an engineer's personal recipe repository, the site now has a cult following. A highlight: clever diagrams that summarize the steps in a recipe in compact, printable charts...