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I just bought some Fentiman's as something to try that isn't "diet" tonic - the grocery stores here in SF seem to only carry the "diet" version and I'm not down with the aspartame. Of course, I'm not down with any HFCS either, so that makes choices more difficult.

I love any milkshake that comes served alongside the frosty remains in the metal shake mixing container - it always feels like you're getting extra! That said, I haven't had many shakes since moving to SF from Chicago. Seems they're much more expensive here.

This is not the only book on the horrible practices of Coca-Cola. I've read Belching Out The Devil by Mark Thomas and that was enough to stop me cold from purchasing any Coca-Cola products! The more people know how Coke headquarters hides behind the "we don't have any control over our subsidiaries," the more people will boycott Coke.

Cook's Illustrated brown butter chocolate chip cookies. Mmmm. My co-workers keep asking me to make more.

I'm from Hawaii and miss going to crack seed stores. All the jars were so tempting and everything smelled so good. Mmmm, ono.

I've loved this cocktail for years! I'm amazed at how many places I've been where the bartender hasn't heard of it.

Chocolate peanut butter ice cream!

There are so many baristas out there who can't make decent foam. When I ask for my drink to be "extra-foamy" they start to look panicked!

Our manager has a "thing" about any smelly foods. Plus we don't have a way to heat anything up, so that also limits what we can bring to eat. It's really a pain.

My coffee maker! Making coffee is the best reason for getting out of bed in the morning.

A dessert my family has made for years: Passion Fruit Party Cake. It's delicious!

I'm guessing chocolate chip but I don't remember for certain. My mom has a love for Russian Tea Cake cookies so it may very well have been something like that.