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Red velvet ice cream with dark chocolate flakes

Rats, can't watch YouTube on my work compy! I'll have to check it out at home. At first glance, I thought this was Emmy from Emmy Made in Japan. She tries out all the interesting candy she finds in Japan: http://www.youtube.com/user/emmymadeinjapan

I always love the idea of a Butterfinger but am always let down when the sugary mass fuses my jaw together as I try to chew. I fell in love with Violet Crumbles (what I thought of when you mentioned baking soda in peanut brittle) when I first tried them but always wished they had a peanut butter flavor. I think this is an awesome compromise--Reese's and Violet Crumbles' love child. Violet Reese? Reese's Crumbles?

I once found a case of food poisoning in an IHOP omelet. It was the same IHOP that somehow managed to get raw onions into my strawberry milkshake on another occasion. The manager said the cooks use the same cutting boards and must've scraped some onion into the shake . . .

@Butchie Guzman, your story reminds me of a friend who celebrated her birthday with a chocolate malt at a local (and much loved) old-fashioned ice cream parlor. She ended up slowly reeling about a foot of hair out of her throat. It was like the worst magic trick ever. Half of me wanted to puke, half of me wanted to faint, but all of me hoped I wouldn't do both at the same time. Luckily, I did neither. Still, it was damned gross.

Black bean burgers with sweet potato fries!

There are plenty of decent places here, but I can't get the brisket from OKC's Salt Lick Barbecue out of my head--it's the best I've ever had.

I wish their popularity would branch out--I've been wanting to try soup dumplings, but I can't find any in Phoenix!

It looks like the right recipe, but made as drop cookies with the dough wrapped around a hunk of white chocolate.

I'd never liked beef brisket (always too dry, chewy, tough) until I tried it at Salt Lick Barbecue at Roy Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City. I thought maybe I just needed to give brisket a chance more often. Each time, though, it's been the same bad experience. I'm actually looking forward to visiting the "in-laws" this Christmas to try more airport brisket just to make sure I wasn't crazy.

Perfect! I was planning to put cooked carrots on the table for our annual fall dinner (pre-Thanksgiving), but a cold carrot salad would work, too, and leave a burner free on the stove! I'm looking forward to trying this out.

Salty oat cookies--they were the last two batches I cooked, each for a different birthday party and a total hit each time!

Peanut butter cereals are one of my (many) guilty pleasures, and I love them all, but Peanut Butter Panda Puffs are my favorite. When I was younger (college, that is), I used to eat Peanut Butter Captain Crunch. Now a days, though, I stick with oats/muesli, but I'll still indulge in the Panda Puffs every once in awhile.