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Chocolate with a strawberry swirl

I love jarring peach salsa.

Luna Pizza. There are a few locations -- West Hartford, Avon, Simsbury, Glastonbury.

Harry's and also Barbara's in West Hartford.

I second the recommendation of Willington Pizza.

I totally love Sugar Sweet Sunshine. Great place to sit and eat their delicious cupcakes and hang out.

While plants were probably a good portion of early humans' diets, I don't think they were vegetarians.

Humans, along with horses and dogs, are one of three animals suited to long-distance running. There is quite a lot of evidence that this trait was used to run prey to exhaustion -- prey that could sprint faster than human but had much less endurance. There is enough evidence for many scientists to suggest this led to the development of bigger brains since brains require so much protein. (Of course, one wonders what horses did with this evolutionary advantage since they are vegetarians.)

So, go run a marathon and chase a cheeseburger to exhaustion. It's your biological destiny. Plus, it's fun and tasty.

Haagen-Dazs Chocolate Ice Cream

1/2 Cup: 106 grams

Ingredients: Cream, Skim Milk, Sugar, Egg Yolks, Cocoa Processed with Alkali.

Ben and Jerry's Chocolate Ice Cream

1/2 C: 105 grams

Ingredients: Cream, Liquid Sugar, Skim Milk, Water, Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Egg Yolks, Guar Gum And Carrageenan

Almost exactly the same in terms of overrun -- one gram is about the weight of a paperclip. Ingredient list is close but not entirely the same.

Anyone know anything about "liquid sugar"?

Wow. This is the agricultural equivalent of "You can't make me give up my SUV! I don't care if my daily commute consumes enough fossil fuels to power a house for a day! It's my right! WAH! WAH! WAH!"

Lots of meat isn't good for you -- OR THE EARTH! It's not hard to understand.

Those animals that would've been raised and then eaten? Just won't be created. That farm land devoted to raising livestock feed can grow something else.

@Regrettable foodie: It does not mean that necessarily. It could also mean that for every veggie, nine people eat 13.3 ounces/day, which is very easy to believe.

I'm finding this a little disturbing.

I'm 37, have lived my whole life in Connecticut, and am adding my support to the fact that grinders are available both hot and cold. You can get cold cold-cut grinders or hot grinders like chicken parm, meatball, or sausage and peppers. Cheese choices are either just provolone or provolone and American. Lettuce and tomato are usually options, as are oil and vinegar. Roasted peppers are pretty standard, too.

Exactly what I was going to say, notenoughspoons. Losing P:R hurts. It's a lot of programming hours and buzz they have to replace somehow. Spin-offs are one, uncreative, way to go.

@annien: Right on!

@producestories: You get a "Right on!" too.

Cassaendra:

Columbo just finished an ad campaign that sang the praises of their 8-ounce container about a year ago. Guess what company now has 6-ounce containers just like every other company?

I really like thiese tips!

This might sound obvious but turn the machine on before you pour in the ice cream mixture. I learned this the hard way :)

I let my mixture chill overnight in a quart measuring cup in the fridge. For me, that's the easiest thing to pour out of and into the ice cream machine.