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Written by Matt Kanner
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Friday, 01 February 2008 |
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Brazo hosts ‘Share Your Love’ dinner
Many people tend
to think of world hunger as a problem associated with third world
countries and inner city slums. But, hunger is a serious issue right
here in New Hampshire. Many working families struggle to pay for food,
rent, medicine and other basic necessities—even here on the Seacoast.
Share Our Strength is an international organization dedicated to
ending world hunger. One of the group’s initiatives is Operation
Frontline, a nutrition education program that teaches people to shop
smart, eat healthy and cook efficiently. The six-week courses are
offered year-round on the Seacoast and are free of charge to eligible
citizens.
Funding for the Seacoast courses comes primarily from an annual
“Share Your Love” dinner. In 2005, the dinner was held at The Library
Restaurant in Portsmouth. The following year, it was held at Robert’s
Maine Grill in Kittery. Both dinners sold out, raising $10,000 each for
Operation Frontline.
Organizers hope to match that success with the 2008 “Share Your
Love” dinner, which will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 6 at Brazo
Restaurant in Portsmouth. The multi-course sit-down dinner will include
gourmet delicacies and beverages from a number of Seacoast restaurants.
Share Our Strength Seacoast is offering 100 tickets at $100 apiece,
most of which have already sold. The dinner is made possible by a
partnership between Operation Frontline and the N.H. Food Bank.
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Written by Liberty Hardy
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Thursday, 22 November 2007 |
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Robert's American Gourmet
If you were to stop and think
for a moment about an actual pirate’s booty, you would be turned off
the thought of food for good. But in this instance, the booty in
question is actually a rice and corn product made to look like popcorn.
And it is a miracle for your mouth. It’s so soft and fluffy, it’s as if
actual wisps of air have been captured and sprinkled with delicious
cheese. It’s all organic, and it’s not actually popped corn, so there
are none of those nasty kernel bits that get buried in your gums like
sharks’ teeth. But beware the bottom of the bag and the cheese powder
hidden in the corner like sunken treasure... if one tips the bag up to
get the last bits, the full-on blast of cheesy deliciousness can induce
loss of consciousness.
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Written by Liberty Hardy
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Wednesday, 21 November 2007 |
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These little squares are delicious. With their minty tingle, they taste
like chocolate kissed by a Christmas decoration. According to the Chimp
Mints' website, the "endangered species" part of the name refers to the
fact that they donate "10% of net profits to help support species,
habitat and humanity." But we enjoy eating them more when we imagine
they're really made out of an actual endangered species.
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Written by staff writer
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Wednesday, 31 October 2007 |
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The Hershey Company
The Reese's Whipps is a chocolate
shell over a peanut butter sheath, filled with soft nougat. It has the
classic Reese's peanut butter flavor familiar to fans of their Cups and
Pieces, slightly tangy and softly gritty.
Texture is one of the triumphs of the Reese's Whipps, as all its
components are soft, yet the whole turns out to be chewy and
satisfying, as if a nougat pillow were wrapped in a cozy peanut butter
blanket, then snugly tucked in with a chocolate comforter.
The name, though, is puzzling. Unlike many new candy bars which, when
unwrapped, turn out to actually be two smaller bars packaged together,
the name "Reese's Whipps" is clearly plural, yet there's just one bar.
It's a substantial bar and there's no shame in that, but the name makes
us look around for more. We're not quite sure what a "whipps,"
is—especially if it doesn't involve nitrous oxide—but we know it's
plural.
Four stars for flavor and texture, minus 3 points for silly marketing.
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Written by staff writer
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Thursday, 25 October 2007 |
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Mars, Incorporated
A mint-flavored 3 Musketeers is not
a bad idea. Minty and fluffy is an uncommon combination, and 3
Musketeers is a venerable bar that hasn't seen much experimentation.
The resulting flavor is identical to a York peppermint Patty,
but with a much lighter, airier texture. The chocolate skin is dark and
thin, and the minty fluff is bright white.
It's a nice minty treat, but there is very little left of the 3
Musketeers in it—in a real 3 Musketeers, there's a fullness to the
flavor, and an almost gamey aftertaste, both of which are satisfying in
a way the mint stepchild is not. 3 Musketeers is really just a name
slapped on this new, unrelated candy.
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