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Via the Bacon Unwrapped blog.
Category: food
new Pepsi logo
Lawrence Yang, an artist, was inspired by the “lopsided” new sugar water logo.
(via treehugger)
Everything I Know About Barbecue, I Learned From Rockin’
Now he’s carrying coal to Newcastle. Barbecue to Texas.
In his day job, Ron Shewchuk is a business consultant who helps organizations communicate better with their employees. In his spare time, he’s built a second career as his alter-ego, Rockin’ Ronnie, international barbecue champion and bestselling cookbook author.
A few years ago Shewchuk had a crazy idea to combine his lifelong passions for outdoor cooking and indoor business communications. The result: a combination multi-course meal and keynote address called “Everything I Know About Communication, I Learned From Barbecue.”
Shewchuk is bringing his smoke-infused business wisdom to Houston’s famed Armadillo Palace on February 26, where he’ll deliver his talk to the local chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. His visit is timed to coincide with The World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest, the first big event of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. …
… read the whole article – Market Watch – Canadian Barbecue Guru Mixes Business with Brisket
upcoming new BBQ cookbook
Due later this Spring.
the Bacon Explosion
The Bohunk of Funk — Rockin’ Ronnie — informed me of the latest Barbecue sensation.
Here’s what you’ll need…
2 pounds thick cut bacon
2 pounds Italian sausage
1 jar of your favorite barbeque sauce
1 jar of your favorite barbeque rub …
BBQ Addicts – recipe
The New York Times is covering the Bacon Explosion internet phenomenon.
I love Aussie Licorice
I love all licorice.
But best of all is Aussie soft licorice.
It was one of the highlights when I lived in New Zealand.
In Canada the imported stuff is far too expensive. Except for one locally made brand, President’s Choice.
Legend has it, Down Under at least, that soft-eating licorice came to be quite by accident. – the fortuitous creation of a careless Australian candymaker. Fact or fiction, make no mistake about it, this is the way licorice was meant to taste.
the hundred million dollar bagel
What the heck are Kraft Bagelfuls?
Kraft thinks it has a $100 million idea in Bagel-fuls—frozen bagel sticks, filled with Philadelphia cream cheese …
Kraft tried a similar product in 2003 called Philadelphia To Go bagels. It was a refrigerated product that included a single-serve bagel, a 1-oz. tub of Philadelphia Cream Cheese and a plastic knife. …
After successful tests at select convenience stores, Kraft was so jazzed about Bagel-fuls prospects that Rick Searer, evp and president of Kraft, told analysts last month that the product would surpass the $100 million mark in sales “within the next few years.” …
Although Bagel-fuls will be merchandised in the freezer case, they can be stored in the refrigerator. They can be toasted, heated in the microwave or served straight out of the refrigerator.
Bagel-fuls meet Kraft’s Sensible Solutions criteria. Each has approximately 200 calories, six grams of fat, around 220 mg of sodium and no trans fat. The 2.5-oz. log-shaped bagels are packed four to a box, with an MSRP of $2.39.
KRAFT SNACK BAGEL-FULS ORIGINAL, 2.5-Ounce Bags (Pack of 76)
Thanks Dana.
Grey Eagle Casino, Calgary
A year after it opened, I finally jogged over to the Grey Eagle Casino close to where I’m living.
Unless they house a Cirque show, I’ve no interest in casinos anywhere. I don’t gamble.
The buffet is the only reason I might go again.
Seventy per cent of the profits from Grey Eagle will be split three ways between the province, Tsuu T’ina community projects and other Alberta First Nations. The remaining 30 per cent goes to the band, as owners of the casino, to spend or reinvest as it chooses.
Rick McCharles 
