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Happy Ice Cream Sandwich Day!

partysugar — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:11:31 -0700

Yum and I have been celebrating summer by making our delicious variations of ice cream sandwiches, but today, August 2, is National Ice Cream Sandwich Day! It is believed that the ice cream sandwich was invented in the Lower East Side of New York City in 1900. According to an article in the Washington Post, the ice cream sandwich man, whose street cart was "elaborately decorated with signs in Hebrew characters," made sandwiches quickly with a tin mold. His little stand was so popular, he had no time to make change and insisted on getting the exact price of the sandwiches. The original cost was 1 cent and the cookie was a tiny slab of water wafer. After this, ice cream sandwiches became more mainstream and in 1926 the first patent was given to an ice cream sandwich making machine. So go out and celebrate!

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What's Yummy This Week: YumSugar Weekly Recap

YumSugar — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 08:57:31 -0700

This week we've been enjoying all things salad - including the difference between greens, two types of Caesar salads, a warm goat cheese salad, and how to make perfect salads.
This week also found us planning Molly's pup Oliver a super-fun puppy paw-ty. Check out our ideas and throw your own pooch a festive party!
If you've got time to lounge around and read, be sure to look through our summer reading selection. We'll be posting a new book every day in August.
Don't miss out on these August Must Haves.
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In reality tv news: I'm surprised by who got kicked off of Top Chef and I'm surprised by Gordon Ramsay's soft side.
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I went to the garlic festival and ate pickled garlic, chocolate garlic, garlic fries, garlic ice cream, garlic chicken, garlic corn, well... you get the idea.
Although the filling in this deep dish lemon tart was absolutely smashing, I can't help but wonder what would happen if I could somehow smash it together with Twinkle's Swedish Strawberry Cake.
And finally, in one of the strangest things I saw all week: Christopher Walken teaches you how to cook a chicken.

What's Yummy This Week: YumSugar Weekly Recap

YumSugar — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:30:31 -0700

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