Consumerist and NPR tipped us off to this story last Friday - apparently the blueberry-like objects in many cereals, frozen muffins and other processed products have absolutely nothing to with blueberry's at all! Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised, but while we generally assume that the "marshmallows" in cereal are fake (especially since they taste like chalk) when something is masquerading as fruit, we assume it has something to do with fruit. Not so. The blueberries, which are noted on the nutrition label as "blueberry flavored chrunchlets" or something similar, are actually made of "sugars, soybean oil, red #40 and blue #2." more ›

The temperatures dipping back down again this week has put us in the mood to cook some classic comfort food. On Presidents' Day we had off but our main squeeze didn't so we were nice and spent the day making pot roast, calico bell pepper muffins and cowboy cookies. more ›