Word: vanilla
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...Pure semi-sweet chocolate whisked over the double burner with 14 percent vanilla extract,” he says with obvious pride. I’m handed a white plastic tasting spoon and instructed to take a scoop. It’s reminiscent of a chilled cup of Burdick’s cocoa, without the stomach-sinking consistency...
...crème brulée ($6.95), however, should win over even the harshest of critics. A delicate custard, with telltale black traces of vanilla bean, emerges after one cracks the hard, caramelized surface and is served with sweet, swollen blueberries. The dish is top-notch—matching up with the best in Paris, let alone Boston—and would further excel when paired with one of the selection of ports that Grafton offers...
...Lately, however, the fortunes of the local industry have turned. A global crash in coffee prices forced plantation owners to seek new revenues to keep their operations afloat. Some have diversified by raising other crops, such as vanilla beans. Others capitalized on the natural beauty of the area's tree-covered, gently rolling hills, and have transformed parts of their estates into upscale resorts. Starting with just 12 Tudor-style cottages and 10 hectares in 1994, the Ramapurams built Orange County Resort, named for the orange trees that grew here before a blight destroyed the orchards a dozen years...
...promoted fall debuts. But it couldn't have picked a more auspicious year to do so; this fall's slate of new programs is the most uninspired, creatively bankrupt set of debuts in several years. There are the shameless knockoffs, like CSI: Miami, a less imaginative product extension than Vanilla Coke. There are the retreads, like the WB's remake of Family Affair, with kids so saccharinely cute and a laugh track so obtrusive that the new series really could have been made in the '60s. Then there are the garden-variety, playing-it-safe choices that make...
Coca-Cola has moved another step closer to making everyone forget the debacle of New Coke. The company's latest brand extension, Vanilla Coke, appears to be an early hit. Vanilla Coke was the top-selling 20-oz. soft drink in supermarkets and drugstore chains in the four weeks after its May launch, according to Beverage Digest. It's too soon to declare it a winner, but analysts say Coca-Cola may have found a drink that bridges generations: Vanilla Coke reminds the baby-boom-and-older crowd of the days when soda jerks would spritz your glass with...