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I just lost a pitch for an Arts Organization, because they felt that WordPress was only suitable for personal sites and blogs.
I have heard that the NY Times and CNN both use WordPress as a CMS.
Any other big websites?
I just lost a pitch for an Arts Organization, because they felt that WordPress was only suitable for personal sites and blogs.
I have heard that the NY Times and CNN both use WordPress as a CMS.
Any other big websites?
Thousands. This will get you started.
Here's a conference that was focused on business use of WordPress (vs. blogging; note I hosted the conference with a partner):
Here's where you can find the WordPress Showcase:
From that list here are a few I selected for you to show them, none of which are blogs or personal sites (I built ~80% of the first one):
Hope these help.
Thanks Mike.
Some of the biggie corporations are not listed... are you aware of any at the same level as NYT & CNN?
@searchen - I avoided sites like that because I avoided blogs since that was what you claimed your client didn't like, although I did include Wall Street Journal:
Besides, why does an Arts Org need to know that a major media outlet is using WordPress; their use-cases are vastly different. Many that I listed are likely more similar to their needs, such as this one:
If you want news orgs, how about Reuters?. They are certainly not tiny or low traffic:
More news sites here:
Hope this helps.
Rereading your question, it seems like you wanted someone to point out the CNN and NYTimes websites that run WordPress? They'd be easy enough to find, but here you go:
Hope this helps.
They're listed but some of them are using WordPress.COM (which means they're hosted by WP) so they're not listed there. Also EW uses it for their blogs.
Pull the biggest and best from these two tags, you'll get a lot of surprising sources (The British PM is in there too somewhere).
Also check http://vip.wordpress.com/
@mikey1 and @ipstenu
Thank you both for these links... I think I have enough ammo... people (clients) can be so short-sighted!
I know WP would have been perfect for the solution. I guess they had to find an excuse to use someone else. My price was right, and my portfolio good!
Thanks again!
MikeSchinkel's posts were caught as spam for the links, I think ;)
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Honda's Marc Marquez took pole position for his home Catalunya MotoGP race today on an all-Spanish front row a day after compatriot Luis Salom's fatal accident in Moto2 practice.
Spanish Suzuki rider Maverick Vinales has signed a two-year deal to replace compatriot and reigning MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo at Yamaha from 2017, the team announced today.
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Championship leader Nico Rosberg laid down the gauntlet to Lewis Hamilton by topping the timesheets in second practice for the Spanish Grand Prix.
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Spanish Formula One driver Carlos Sainz is hopeful of returning to action for Sunday's Russian Grand Prix after surviving a harrowing 200mph shunt in final practice.
Honda's MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez took pole position for the French Grand Prix at Le Mans on Saturday after lapping half a second faster than his nearest rival.
Honda MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa will be back in action at the French Grand Prix this weekend after missing three of the season's first four races due to arm surgery.
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Nico Rosberg finally got the better of Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton as he sealed pole position at the Spanish Grand Prix.
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The Lost Symbol begins with an ancient ritual, a shadowy enclave, and of course, a secret. Readers know they are in Dan Brown territory when, by the end of the first chapter, a secret within a secret is revealed. To tell too much would ruin the fun of reading this delicious thriller, so you will find no spoilers here. Suffice it to say that as with many series featuring a recurring character, there is a bit of a formula at work (one that fans will love). Again, brilliant Harvard professor Robert Langdon finds himself in a predicament that requires his vast knowledge of symbology and superior problem-solving skills to save the day. The setting, unlike other Robert Langdon novels, is stateside, and in Brown's hands Washington D.C. is as fascinating as Paris or Vatican City (note to the D.C. tourism board: get your "Lost Symbol" tour in order). And, as with other Dan Brown books, the pace is relentless, the revelations many, and there is an endless parade of intriguing factoids that will make you feel like you are spending the afternoon with Robert Langdon and the guys from Mythbusters.
Nothing is as it seems in a Robert Langdon novel, and The Lost Symbol itself is no exception--a page-turner to be sure, but Brown also challenges his fans to open their minds to new information. Skeptical? Imagine how many other thrillers would spawn millions of Google searches for noetic science, superstring theory, and Apotheosis of Washington. The Lost Symbol is brain candy of the best sort--just make sure to set aside time to enjoy your meal. --Daphne Durham
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Elitist literary critics say that Brown is not a good writer, and that his stories are bland. I personally think that if you manage to genuinely entertain and awe your audiences, then you have accomplished something worthy of reading. I also think that "The Da Vinci Code" was nearly an impossible act to follow. People will have all sorts of crazy expectations for your next book that you won't be able to fulfill. As such, I write this review as fair as I can, trying to assess it on its own merits, but comparisons are inevitable.
The Lost Symbol isn't a bad book, but it is a letdown. I didn't like this one for the same reason I didn't like Angels and Demons as much. Also, Brown doesn't advance the story at a good pace. A good two-thirds of the book (I'm not exaggerating, I counted the pages) was filled with variations on such a scene:
Character A: Have you heard of X?
Character B (usually Langdon): Yes, but I thought that was just a myth.
Character A shows or tells B something.
Character B reacts with shock.
Then, insert scenes of people walking from one place to another, being chased.
Then, insert the sentence "Suddenly everything made sense." At least for the next ten pages.
After reading this, I had to wonder whether Brown is a writer on Lost, where people can't seem to give straight answers, and where scenes never resolve any questions.
Here's my advice to Dan Brown:
1. Fire your editor. There were some whole passages, even chapters, that served no purpose other than to inflate your book to an unnecessary size. I don't mind reading big books, but I do mind reading through unnecessary words. Ch. 69, for example, is unnecessary.Read more ›
'The Lost Symbol' is not a bad book. While it would certainly rank it 3rd amongst the three Robert Langdon novels it is still an amusing read. I forgive Brown for his weak writing style and I accept that he writes characters that are fairly two-dimensional with little personality outside of that which pertains explicitly to the story. I accept that this novel was going to have the exact same story structure and characters as the previous two. I accept that the relationships between people will be odd. I accept that most chapters will end with a variation on his cheap cliffhanger "And then Robert couldn't believe what he saw!" I accept all that. And yet, even with all those concessions, this one just left me flat.
When it comes to the writing style I'm not entirely sure if I should be blaming Brown or his editor (or, potentially, his lack thereof-which I guess would be blaming him). The style, while simple, could easily be smoothed out with an editor who was given some room to work. What hurts his prose is repetition of words and phrases over and over and over and over-often on the same page.
Sure, the story structure is an identical match to the first two with all the same types of characters and twists. But here's the issue, this time is just doesn't work like it did before. Here's why:
1. Robert Langdon is officially a moron: He spends more time being lectured to and making wrong guesses than he does solving anything.Read more ›
The book builds and builds until the shockings truths are finally revealed. Without disclosing any details, one of these shockers had been painfully obvious for some time and I was impatient for Brown to just get it over with. When the other shocker was revealed, my reaction was "so what".
I enjoyed the cliff-hanger chapter endings in Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code, but they quickly became annoying in "The Lost Symbol". Worse, much of the book felt like padding. The last 50 or so pages was like an infomercial -- the story is over, but wait, there's more! I kept hoping the book would have an interesting conclusion, but it ended with a wimper, not a bang.
What hasn't been mentioned here is the absolute idiocy of the characters' behavior. A brilliant scientist lets a stranger into her secret lab because she receives a TEXT message? Who wouldn't question that? By her own admission, her brother didn't even know how to text! The use of phone messages throughout is maddening. A major CIA director hears someone saying, "I'll be there in 20 minutes" and never questions that he might be lying? Langdon flies off at a moment's notice without any confirmation that the person he's speaking to represents the person he says he does? And SURE, I'll bring along this sacred thing that I've been told to keep hidden for years just because you say so! DB keeps using this same device over and over and it simply defies all sense. "Oh, well, this person says he's my brother's doctor--my brother who's been MISSING--so, sure, I'll just run right over there and have a chat with him." In a private home that looks nothing like a doctor's office. "Sure, I'll have some tea!Read more ›
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Definition of wreck in English:
1The destruction of a ship at sea; a shipwreck: the survivors of the wreck
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- Whisky Galore, a fictional account of an actual wreck of a ship loaded with whisky on Eriskay, was made into a highly successful film.
- Geranium, a French warship sent from Cherbourg, was alerting other ships to the wreck while a single buoy marked the spot.
- Te Namu Bay was the scene of the 1862 wreck of the ship the Lord Worsley, and was one of the most beautiful spots in the district.
destruction, sinking, wrecking;
devastation, ruination, ruin, demolition, smashing, shattering, disintegration
1.1A ship destroyed at sea: the salvaging of treasure from wrecks
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- Plans to move the wreck of destroyer HMS Wakeful out of a shipping lane have been amended to allow the ship to safely remain where she sank during the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940.
- The wrecks of such ships have inevitably been targets for treasure-seekers.
- Everyone hopes to find the treasure hidden in the wreck, even though many doubt that it's there at all.
shipwreck, sunken ship, sunken vessel, derelict, hulk;
shell, skeleton, hull, frame
1.2 [mass noun] Law Goods brought ashore by the sea from a wreck: the profits of wreck
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- The sale of the manor in 1681 included profits of wreck, stone, and timber from the shore, and new land 'accruing by violence of the sea'.
2Something, especially a vehicle or building, that has been badly damaged or destroyed: the plane was reduced to a smouldering wreck figurative the wreck of their marriage
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- The driver of the pickup, who walked away from the wreck of his vehicle, was also taken to hospital, where he received 12 stitches to his forehead.
- The station was a wreck when it was bought 18 years ago and the garden non-existent.
- It was like walking around at the site of a spaceship wreck - huge pieces of dismantled machinery everywhere.
wreckage, debris, detritus, remainder;
ruins, remains, remnants, fragments, pieces, relics
2.1North American A road or rail crash: a train wreck
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- If the engine of a train suddenly goes off the rails, a wreck ensues.
- Several minor wrecks, mostly in rail yards, have helped feed community fears.
- With those numbers, it's just a matter of time before the next fatal wreck occurs, Rendon said.
3A person whose physical or mental health or strength has failed: the scandal left the family emotional wrecks
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- The whole point of this storyline is that he has reduced her to a gibbering wreck through emotional and verbal cruelty without any physical violence.
- I am a physical wreck, I do not sleep properly and I do not eat properly.
- Are pupils and parents really so terrible they can reduce grown-up professionals to quivering wrecks?
verb[with object]
1Cause the destruction of (a ship) by sinking or breaking up: he was drowned when his ship was wrecked
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- Iziko Museums in Cape Town have started off a project to find different slave ships that were wrecked along the South African coastline.
- His ship is wrecked and the passengers take to the long-boat.
- The approach to Jeddah is filled with dangerous reefs, and over the years several ships have been wrecked.
shipwreck, sink, capsize, run aground, break up
1.1Involve (someone) in a shipwreck: sailors who had the misfortune to be wrecked on these coasts
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- His luck then goes from bad to worse as he is brought before the Spanish Inquisition, swindled out of a Mexican fortune, wrecked on a desert island and separated from his true love, Cunegonde.
- Individual scenes are well staged: when wrecked on the shores of Pentapolis, Pericles arrives in a launderette swimming in water and bedecked with old clothes.
- Her great grandfather lived quite an adventurous life and was ship wrecked off the coast of Iceland.
1.2 [no object] (usually as noun wrecking) chiefly historical Cause the destruction of a ship in order to steal the cargo: the locals reverted to the age-old practice of wrecking
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- The seashore inhabitants gained some recompense by resorting to wrecking, a tradition which lasted well into the 19th cent., and by their own privateering and smuggling.
- The crew took the Pacific Emerald for wrecking but the second part of the settlement was never honoured.
- The disorientation is fitting because, startling as it now seems, wrecking was practiced not by rogues or villains but by unremarkable locals.
2Destroy or severely damage (a structure, vehicle, or similar): the blast wrecked 100 houses
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- Two serious accidents, destroying four vehicles and wrecking a house wall and a traffic light at the junction, have already occurred since the lights failed last Thursday morning.
- Photographs of the apparent aftermath - showing wrecked vehicles and dented police helmets - have since appeared on several Weblogs.
- That Nolan was there to play his part was a near-miracle in itself after the youngster's lucky escape from that morning's dramatic smash that wrecked his car.
demolish, crash, smash, smash up, ruin, damage, damage beyond repair, destroy, break up, dismantle, vandalize, deface, desecrate, sabotage, leave in ruins
informal write off
British informal prang
North American informal trash, total
2.1Spoil completely: an eye injury wrecked his chances of a professional career
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- Holmes has spent most of her career cursing her luck after a string of injuries wrecked her chances of gold at major championships.
- Yet Larkham says that the rapid recovery of debutant lock Justin Harrison, whose career was almost wrecked by a similar injury last year, has been an inspiration to him in his darker moments.
- Keith Wood will be with the 41-man Irish squad on the tour but has no intention of playing in any of the three games after a season wrecked by injury.
ruin, spoil, disrupt, undo, mar, play havoc with, make a mess of, put an end to, end, bring to an end, put a stop to, prevent, frustrate, blight, crush, quell, quash, dash, destroy, scotch, shatter, devastate, demolish, sabotage
informal mess up, screw up, louse up, foul up, make a hash of, do in, put paid to, put the lid on, put the kibosh on, stymie, queer, nix, banjax, blow a hole in
British informal scupper, dish, throw a spanner in the works of
North American informal throw a monkey wrench in the works of
Australian informal euchre, cruel
archaic bring to naught
3 [no object] (usually as noun wrecking) chiefly North American Engage in breaking up badly damaged vehicles or demolishing old buildings to obtain usable spares or scrap.
Example sentences
- The license allows a business to buy and resell vehicles for wrecking, processing, scrapping, recycling or dismantling.
- The contractor should plan for the wrecking of the structure, the equipment to do the work, manpower requirements, and the protection of the public.
Middle English (as a legal term denoting wreckage washed ashore): from Anglo-Norman French wrec, from the base of Old Norse reka 'to drive'; related to wreak.
When it first appeared wreck meant 'cargo or wreckage washed ashore from a wrecked or stranded vessel'. The word came into English from Old French wrec. The source was an Old Norse word meaning 'to drive' that was related to wreak, 'to cause a lot of damage or harm', and to rack. A person in a state of stress or emotional exhaustion has been a wreck since the 1790s and a nervous wreck since about 1870. Wretch (Old English) and wretched (Middle English) are related to wreak.
Words that rhyme with wreckbeck, bedeck, check, cheque, Chiang Kai-shek, crosscheck, Czech, deck, dreck, exec, fleck, heck, hitech, keck, lek, neck, peck, Québec, rec, reck, sec, sneck, spec, speck, spot-check, tec, tech, Toulouse-Lautrec, trek
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Terrebonne Parish Council stalls plans for oil tanks near Gibson
Published: Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 12:38 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 1:31 p.m.
HOUMA -- Several Bayou Black residents left Wednesdays Terrebonne Parish Council meeting feeling relieved that the council agreed to help them investigate an oil companys plans to store crude oil in their back yards.
Others said they dont expect years of oil-friendly relations to change.
Ultimately, the parish is legally limited in what it can do, officials said. So some of the 13 residents at the meeting said theyre still worried about Plains All American Pipelines pursuit to build at least one storage tank nearby.
The Parish Council accepted a 100-signature petition from the Bayou Black residents. And it voted 7-0 to put a hold on any permits for the project until Parish Attorney Courtney Alcock can find out what the parish can legally do in this type of situation.
Councilmen Harold Lapeyre and Clayton Voisin werent at the meeting because they are in Washington, D.C., with the Houma-Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce, lobbying for hurricane protection.
"I just hope they can do something to stop this," said Angela Vanmatre, 44, who lives just west of the proposed site. "I just dont want it in my back yard."
Plains All American originally planned to build two storage tanks behind Greenwood Middle School, 5001 Bayou Black Drive. In October, the company withdrew its request to subdivide the property after residents rallied against the project.
Now, the site may move a mile north along Bayou Black Drive. Rough plans submitted to the parish earlier this month show the site containing one crude-oil-storage tank instead of the originally proposed two tanks with the same dimensions.
Based on a map from Plains All American, the tank would span about 212 feet in diameter and sit more than 800 feet south of Bayou Black Drive.
After the meeting, another petition signer, Shane Acosta, said Plains All American is looking to buy his property for the storage site. A second property owner, Leon Cox, is also involved, but he wasnt at Wednesdays meeting, residents said afterward.
Acosta, 30, said the company offered to buy his house for 20 percent above appraisal value. The company wants to store the oil behind the house, he said.
Acostas house cost $300,000 to build, but its appraised at $235,000.
"Obviously, I dont want (the storage tanks) at all, but Im kind of stuck in a predicament," he said.
If he sells his property, he could recoup some of the money spent to build his house. If he doesnt sell, the company told him it could still build the tanks on the property next to his.
"If theres a chance to stop them, Id like to stop," Acosta said.
But Acosta said hes got a more-realistic view. The parish has historically allowed oil companies to tear up the wetlands with pipelines and wells behind his neighborhood, he said.
"Its obvious theyre not interested. Youll see in the end they cant do anything about it," Acosta said. "If they do help me, Id be very surprised."
While parish officials said plans would be one tank, residents said theyve gone out to the property and seen stakes in two circular patterns on the ground.
The tanks, or tank, are too close to homes, residents said, and pose health and safety hazards. The tanks will likely hold a type of oil, called "sour" crude, that is unrefined, containing sulfur and sulfur compounds that can be toxic if inhaled in high concentrations.
Doug Daigle, 73, whose home is next to the new site, gave the council pictures of sour crude that he says leaked from an existing storage tank on Bayou Black Drive and killed grass along a surrounding ditch.
If the tanks held hazardous materials -- such as oilfield brine, well wash or toxic waste -- then the tanks would have to be a mile from any home or building, said Pat Gordon, parish planing-and-zoning director.
But with crude oil, no parish rule exists about the distance storage tanks must be from homes, Gordon said.
The state doesnt have a distance requirement, said Phyllis Darensbourg, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Natural Resources, in an e-mail to The Courier. But tanks have a requirement for a "firewall," or safety structure outside the tank itself.
Firewalls have to be built around tanks that are within 500 feet of a highway or inhabited dwelling and within 1,000 feet of a school or church, Darensbourg said.
So far, Gordon said, he doesnt have a reason to deny a construction permit. Part of that is because areas outside the city limits dont have land-use regulations.
These rules, called zoning, are something the Parish Council will be discussing soon, said Councilwoman Kim Elfert. Currently, the parish is in the process of adopting zoning for areas along La. 311 and Bayou Cane. While these areas dont include Bayou Black, "this is a first step" to zoning other parts of the parish, Elfert said.
"Land-use restrictions are meant to protect property owners," including residents and businesses, Elfert said.
Thats how the council can help, she said, but the public needs to step up and participate in the zoning process. In the past, some residents have spoken in favor of zoning, while other say it stifles development and overly restricts what owners can do with their property.
"It looks like (zoning) might be the only legal way to do this," Daigle said. "They might wind up in my back yard, (but) we need to change this so it wont happen again."
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Dems remove all references to 'God' from 2012 party platform
Our take: Earlier today, the Democratic National Convention approved the party's 2012 platform, one that lacks any mention of "God." While the platform does still contain a section dedicated to faith, it has removed direct references to "God." The Blaze, as well as other outlets such as the Christian Broadcast Network, reported on the change.
The Democratic Party may be getting a fair amount of attention this week — and not only because the political movement is hosting its national convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. Another point of focus has already been the contents — or the lack thereof — present in the 2012 Democratic Party Platform.
Earlier today, we told you that the document fails to mention Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, a proclamation that was previously touted by the party. And now, in an even more shocking revelation, CBN News is reporting that the Democrats have removed mentions of "God" from the document as well.
This is a departure from the past. In 2008, the platform read (emphasis added), "We need a government that stands up for the hopes, values, and interests of working people, and gives everyone willing to work hard the chance to make the most of their God-given potential."
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Friday, September 11, 2015
Bubblicious Cotton Candy
I'm a big bubble gum fan, though not much of a chewer. I'm a purist, I like my bubble gum to be the traditional bubble gum flavor. I saw this Cotton Candy Bubblicious at the beginning of summer, though, and thought it was a splendid idea for a gum flavor.
The pieces are ridiculously blue, the package design is wonderfully summery, and it all smells like an air freshener designed for a child's room.
The lightly strawberry sweet scent is strong enough that I new which room I'd left this package in without even looking. It's not chemically or unappealing, though it doesn't necessarily smell like food.
The pieces were easy to open from the little paper wrappers and soft. The easy chew was very sweet with less of the strawberry or cotton candy notes and more of just a clean sweeteness.
However, as the sugar in the chew dissipated, I was left with the taste of the gum base, which is rather like some door mats I got at Ikea. It's just a touch of asphalt with the berry. The longer I chewed, the more that note came out, until I was pretty sure it was a sign that the whole thing had turned into a big tar ball. Nope, when I took it out of my mouth, it was just a piece of blue gum.
So, if you're looking for some room freshener that looks like blocks of sidewalk chalk that you're not going to chew, these are great. But even for the type of person who chews the gum until the sugar is gone, the awful aftertaste is too much.
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Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Lindt Hello Toffee Bites
Lindt Hello Toffee Bites is the second review I have for the line of Lindt's HELLO Bites line. They're pretty simple, just milk chocolate covered toffee bits.
Now that I've purchased the full set, I've noticed the packaging for the line. It's an odd design style. The HELLO line is a very friendly, with that hipster coffee-house style mix of hand printing and script. The embossed Lindt logo, on the other hand, is old-world elegance. The rest of the package is just an image of the product. In this case it's a bowl of toffee bites and some pieces of toffee (I know, the photo makes it look like they might be pats of butter). Each of the packages for the HELLO Bites has a different metallic color on the top band. For the toffee, it's bronze, for the mint it was green and for the pretzel line, it's a light blue (which is consistent with the M&Ms Pretzel which is also blue).
The pieces a little on the small size, mostly the size of a garden pea. The milk chocolate is very light in appearance, like the Minty Bites, there's no indication of the cacao content. The coating is very creamy, with no detectable waxy glaze to interrupt the immediately melty chocolate.
The chocolate to toffee ratio is very balanced, so there's enough of both to give full flavor development and texture. The toffee is crispy and has a good crunch. There's a hint of butter and a touch of salt with some good toasty flavors to balance it. The milk chocolate has a lot of dairy notes, but not so much of the dried milk flavors that I don't care for in a lot of Swiss-style milk chocolates.
These are easy to munch but also such high quality that it's fun to savor them as well ... the chocolate has a delightful melt and the consistency of the toffee is great if you're a cruncher or a dissolver. The key here is that this is a simple item that can be done poorly with cheap ingredients and no attention to detail ... instead Lindt has delivered an excellent product and actually surpassed my expectations.
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Friday, September 4, 2015
Candyology 101 - Episode 22 - Reese's
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are the most successful cup-based candy in North America (I just made up that statistic, but I'm pretty sure it's right). In this episode Maria and I talk about the essential elements of the Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and their other product extensions.
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Thursday, September 3, 2015
Milk Chocolate M&Ms Pumpkin Spice Latte
There are two new flavors of M&Ms out for fall this year. M&Ms Milk Chocolate Pumpkin Spice Latte is a Target exclusive and M&Ms Milk Chocolate Pecan Pie is a Walmart exclusive.
I picked up the Pumpkin Spice Latte, though I admit I was a little confused about how different this was from the Pumpkin Spice Milk Chocolate M&Ms from 2013.
It's always a little odd to pick up "seasonal" items when I live in Los Angeles. The package here shows the brown M&M all bundled up with steamy drink. It was 96 degrees in the shade when I got back to my car with the purchase (it's also hot in a lot of other places around the country, it was still August when these hit the shelves).
The pieces are large, as all of the specialty flavors lately have turned out to be. They come in orange, cream and dark brown. (The earlier 2013 Pumpkin Spice were orange, green and dark brown.)
The ingredients list no specifics about the flavors, there are no lists of spices and definitely no actual pumpkin or coffee. What I expected to be different about this variety is more of the latte beverage experience. So, I'm hoping for creamy milk notes, maybe some espresso and of course the spice mix known as pumpkin.
The flavor combination here is immediately cinnamon with a touch of coffee and chocolate. The spices are warm, but not very evenly balanced, it's almost all cinnamon and not much in the way of nutmeg or ginger. The coffee notes keep it from being as sweet as some others, though it's a little inconsistent. The chocolate itself is grainy and not terribly creamy. In general the chocolate quality on M&Ms is disappointing as a chocolate item, but fine as a candy.
I'm a little confused how this whole coffee craze can come about and there are no coffee M&Ms, but some how a beverage that includes coffee can actually get the M&M treatment.
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Monday, August 31, 2015
Lindt Hello Minty Bites
Lindt has expanded their friendly HELLO line of chocolates with a handful of panned products. The Lindt Hello Minty Bites come in a stand up bag that holds 5.3 ounces. They're pretty much the most expensive chocolates you can buy at Target, but also a very reliably good brand of chocolate.
I picked up mine on sale for $4 a bag, though they're usually about $4.50. The package does a good job of vaguely describing the product: Dark Chocolate Covered Mint Cubes (natural flavor). But the description on the front, the propaganda on the back, and the images do noting to show what the product actually is. I assumed they were a fondant center, like Junior Mints or York Peppermint Patties. Instead, they are unique, which is a good thing to set them apart from other offerings, but also took a bit to get used to.
The dark chocolate coating is glossy and creamy and pretty thick. The chocolate is not very dark, there's no percentage on the package and does have added milk fat and milk. The pieces are not completely spherical; they're more oblate like M&Ms. The centers are like a jelly. They're made from sugar, apple, pineapple fibers, sodium alginate, green tea extract, dicalcium phosphate, citric acid and natural mint. Can you imagine that? Yeah, it's a little weird.
The center reminds me a little bit of the Brookside fruit pieces, but they're a little grainy. The flavor is only lightly minty and rather authentically like mint leaves. But there's a tangy component ... so the effect is like a mojito, a little citrusy and a little minty.
I don't know what to think of them. I didn't love the, but I had no trouble eating the package eventually. The chocolate is ridiculously smooth and creamy, but after eating Brach's & M&Ms chocolates for so long, sometimes I forget that chocolate in these types of candies can actually be really good. Of the three varieties of Hello Bites, these are the only ones with a dark chocolate coating (the others are Toffee Bites and Pretzel Bites), which is what I usually prefer. If you're the type of person who likes the Brookside Fruits or Trader Joe's Powerberries, these might be something you'd like.
Lindt's new Hello Bites line is made in the USA. Most other Lindt products (at least the ones that I've reviewed) are made in Germany. Though the front of the package says natural flavor, there are artificial flavors (vanillin) and other ingredients like sodium alginate and dicalcium phosphate - they're not necessarily "artificial" but not necessarily ordinary.
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Planning a holiday party? Serve up Giada de Laurentiis' holiday finger foods: Italian pigs in a blanket, crispy chicken tenders with piccata sauce and mini shrimp cakes with ginger butter.
- 1 sheet puff pastry, from a 17.3 oz package
- 1/2 pound mortadella, cut into 1/2-inch by 1/2-inch by 2 1/2-inch batons
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1/2 cup (approximately 2 ounces) grated ementaler cheese
Baking Directions:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Roll the sheet of puff pastry to an 11 inch square. Using a pizza wheel or sharp knife, cut the dough into 1/2 inch strips. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Wrap each baton of mortadella in one strip of puff pastry, overlapping the dough slightly with each wrap around and leaving the ends exposed. Place the rolls on prepared baking sheet leaving an inch between each one. Brush each roll with the egg and top with a good pinch of grated cheese. Place in preheated oven and bake for 25minutes or until golden brown and puffed. Serve warm, with mustard if desired.
- 1/2 packed cup fresh spinach leaves
- 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 3/4 cup buttermilk, chilled
- 1 pound chicken tenders, patted dry with paper towels and cut into 2-inch pieces
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 3/4 cup low-sodium chicken broth
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice, from 1 large lemon
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley leaves
- 1 tablespoon capers, rinsed and drained
- 2 teaspoons agave
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
Baking Directions:
For the chicken: In a food processor, combine the spinach, breadcrumbs, cheese, lemon zest, salt and pepper. Blend until the spinach is finely chopped. Transfer the mixture to a medium bowl. In another medium bowl, toss together the beaten egg and chicken. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the chicken, allowing any extra egg to drip back into the bowl, to the bread crumb mixture. Toss until the chicken pieces are coated.In a 12-inch, high-sided skillet heat the oil over medium-high heat (the oil is hot enough when a pinch of breadcrumbs sizzles when added to the pan). Add 1/3 of the chicken and fry for 3 to 4 minutes on each side until golden and crispy. Drain on paper towels. Repeat with the remaining chicken. For the sauce: In a small saucepan, combine the broth, lemon juice and flour. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Lower the heat and simmer until thick, about 3 minutes. Whisk in the butter until smooth. Stir in the parsley, capers, agave, and salt.Pour the sauce over the chicken or serve alongside as a dipping sauce.
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 5 (4 ounces) large button mushrooms, cleaned and stems trimmed, chopped into 1/4-inch pieces
- 1 medium carrot, peeled and diced into 1/4-inch pieces
- 2 large shallots, minced
- 1 pound extra-large shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 3 tablespoons plain breadcrumbs
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 1/2-inch-long piece fresh ginger root, peeled and finely grated to yield 4 teaspoons
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil, plus extra as needed
Baking Directions:
For the shrimp cakes: In a 12-inch non-stick skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the mushrooms, carrot and shallots. Cook, stirring frequently until the carrot begins to soften, about 6 to 7 minutes. Transfer the mixture to a food processor. Add the shrimp, breadcrumbs, egg, lemon zest, salt, and pepper. Pulse until combined but still chunky. Using damp hands, form the mixture into 15 patties, each 2 inches in diameter and 1/2-inch thick. Place on a plastic wrap-lined baking sheet and refrigerate for 30 minutes.For the butter: In a medium bowl, using a rubber spatula, mix together the butter, ginger and soy sauce until combined. Place the mixture on a piece of plastic wrap. Fold the plastic wrap over and form the mixture into a log about 7 inches long and 1 inch in diameter. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes until firm. When ready to serve, slice the butter into 1/4-inch-thick pieces.In a 12-inch non-stick skillet, heat the vegetable oil over medium-high heat. Add 1/2 of the patties and cook for 3 to 4 minutes each side until golden. Add extra oil, if needed, and cook the remaining patties. Serve the shrimp cakes while still warm with a slice of ginger butter on top.Cook's note: Use any leftover ginger butter to top chicken or fish.


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