From J&D's, the people who brought you Bacon Salt and Baconnaise (among other bacon-flavored products), come bacon-flavored envelopes. Yeah, instead of tasting like paste, you can now dream of breakfast as you pay your bills. As with Bacon Salt and Baconnaise, there's no real bacon in Mmmvelopes, so they're as vegetarian- or vegan-friendly as a pork-flavored stationery item can be. As such, the website says you don't need to refrigerate them. Available at mmmvelopes.com, $6.99 for 25 envelopes...
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What's the point of a recipe postcard? No, these are not from a kitchen accessories shop selling "Kiss the Cook" aprons and oinking pig fridge magnets, but from a regular English stationery store, next to the usual "Greetings from England" postcards with laughing Oxford gargoyles and Union Jack underpants. The question is, who should receive these? They say a way to a man's heart is through his stomach, and since the heart of my man lives across the pond, maybe I should woo him with recipes for food I would be making him. Or maybe, next time I am invited to a dinner party, and the hostess's food leaves much to be desired, my thank you note can be...
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