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Magazine Editor invites blogger to dinner, realizes mistake too late

Dear victim Pilar, Oh hi. Howyadoin? cough. So! I was super honored and flattered and other things that cause my face to flush involuntarily -- making my head look as though it might radiate the faint, almost bacon-y odor of seared flesh -- when you invited me to tonight's intimate dinner and wine tasting event. Mostly because it assumes something about me that, all things considered, borders on real flattery. Namely, that I am a Big Adult-type Person who can function in an appropriate and seemly manner with other Big Adult-type People in a refined social setting that involves sophisticated...

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Between the waffles and the deep blue sea

Me: So tomorrow morning you can have some of these chocolate chip waffles. Her: What if I don't like them? Me: M, you'll like them. They're chocolate chip waffles. Her: But what if I don't? Me: Then we'll have to return you, because you're clearly defective. Her: Mom. You can't return me. Me: Are you sure? Because I think I remember a chocolate chip waffle clause that would allow us to exchange you for another, more waffle-compliant model of little girl. Her: SIGH. Mom, chocolate chip waffles DO NOT HAVE CLAWS. Such is the unintentional hilarity lurking everywhere in the...

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Toilet-themed restaurants?

Those crazy Taiwanese! And the food looks DELICIOUS! Link

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Eat chocolate, save the planet

Best news I've heard all week: you can eat carbon offsets, and they're chocolatey delicious! Climate Change Chocolate comes with a verified TerraPass offset of 133 pounds of carbon dioxide reductions, the average American’s daily carbon impact. We hope this small offset will be the first taste of a lower-carbon lifestyle for [people] who decide to take responsibility for their climate change impact. In addition, the carbon emissions associated with the production and distribution of the chocolate bar has been balanced out. Buy at Terrapass.

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Produce Peak Season Map

Interactive map to see what's fresh in your area, plus find ingredient descriptions, shopping guides, recipes, and tips. From Epicurious.com. Link.

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