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Perhaps there are Valentine’s Day candies that are more predictably tasty: for example, the Reese’s Peanut Butter Heart, whose pliant chocolate and dense, salty interior excite your taste buds just as pleasurably as they did at Christmas, when they came in the shape of a tree; at Halloween, as a pumpkin; and Easter, an egg.
There are V-Day candies that are perhaps more unidentifiable with any other day: candy conversation hearts, for example. But those marry the flavors and mouthfeel of an Edwardian spinster’s tooth powder collection with the kind of creepy suggestions you’d find in a collection of crazy and creative ways to ask someone to prom.
But the very best Valentine’s Day candy is an assortment of chocolates, each morsel an adventure, just like romantic love. And to me, the quintessential V-Day assortment is Russell Stover’s Assorted Fine Chocolates, you know, the one in the red heart-shaped box with the cellophane. Nothing says “I cherish you” like waxy American chocolate crammed with corn syrup. Continue reading
Note: This is a reprint from 2011, but cartoons are always happy. Continue reading
Welcome to the almost end of summer. Let’s do a little dancing. Continue reading
In New Orleans, Mardi Gras is the most wonderful time of the year. People come from all over the world to celebrate this city-wide ode to decadence. As a New Orleans native, I’ve been doing it my entire life. Here are some hard-earned pointers for getting the most out of your Mardi Gras. Continue reading
These “brownies” should probably be called something else, since there is no cocoa in them. However, don’t let that stop you, as these are sure to be a hit for Thanksgiving and the rest of the year’s holiday celebrations. Continue reading
The Spirit of 4/20, a hilarious new Funny or Die video, gives the stoner day of celebration the Scrooge treatment, imagining a world where Birkenstocks are hung by the chimney with care. While I can’t say I’ve ever celebrated this particular faux-holiday, it got me thinking. We know Crasstalkers do real holidays right, but what non-traditional milestones have you busted out the cake and streamers for? (Or the booze and uncomfortable clothing.) Continue reading
In honor of Easter and Passover, we decided to do mix things up a bit and instead doing a traditional contest, we thought we’d try showcasing some of the creativity you put into your holiday tables. Both holidays are steeped in such tradition and food is such a large part of them. Continue reading
Way back in the annals of history, between the time when the fairies hid under the hills and the English came and screwed the pooch, had a very different cuisine, if you can call a backwater European country’s hunting and gathering to be cuisine. Continue reading
Happy Mardi Gras! In New Orleans and other Carnival-celebrating cities, today is a daylong party. By the time this posts, I’ll already be walking the avenue — my group and I are hitting the street (and the bottle) at 7:30 in the morning.
But for everyone who’s having just another Tuesday, I put together a primer on some of the omnipresent songs of Carnival in New Orleans. They never get old, and I hope they bring the Carnival spirit to wherever you are. Continue reading