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Support Local Biz: August 18, 2008
August 18, 2008 – 9:28 AM | 5 Comments
Support Local Biz: August 18, 2008

News of the N.C. Double Scoop: Flight 1 voting has closed. Proceeding to the next round: cookie dough; black raspberry/Oregon blackberry (upset) (well, it was an upset; I am the opposite of upset about it); …

The N.C. Double Scoop Round Of 64, Flight 4: Write-Ups
August 17, 2008 – 10:06 AM | 49 Comments
The N.C. Double Scoop Round Of 64, Flight 4: Write-Ups

Confused? Click here. To vote, click here.
1 Vanilla vs. 16 olive oil. You do have some vanilla-loathers out there, but I can’t imagine they’d make this one close.
8 Irish cream vs. 9 Gold Medal Ribbon. …

The N.C. Double Scoop Round Of 64, Flight 3: Write-Ups
August 16, 2008 – 11:21 AM | 50 Comments
The N.C. Double Scoop Round Of 64, Flight 3: Write-Ups

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1 Strawberry vs. 16 bacon. Bacon ice cream isn’t appetizing to me — even if I could eat it (can’t; vegequarian), I’d probably pass, because it just sounds way too …

The N.C. Double Scoop Round Of 64, Flight 2: Write-Ups
August 15, 2008 – 10:56 AM | 57 Comments
The N.C. Double Scoop Round Of 64, Flight 2: Write-Ups

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1 Cookies and cream vs. 16 spumoni. Okay, I admit it. I didn’t know what spumoni was until Bunting put it out there for the commenters. And then I …

The N.C. Double Scoop Round Of 64, Flight 1: Write-Ups
August 14, 2008 – 11:25 AM | 87 Comments
The N.C. Double Scoop Round Of 64, Flight 1: Write-Ups

Welcome to the N.C. Double Scoop’s Round of 64!Below, the commentary for Flight 1.Confused?The main NCDS page is right here, and you can find the full bracket here.
The tentative schedule as of this writing: Flight …

The N.C. Double Scoop
August 13, 2008 – 9:48 AM | 46 Comments

The food bracket has returned…with ice-cream flavors.   What better way to wind summer down than with an out-and-out brawl at the freezer case?   Keckler and I can’t think of one.
The main tourney-update page …

Product Crush: ‘Tis The Season
July 24, 2008 – 7:42 AM | 18 Comments
Product Crush: ‘Tis The Season

The Times on the Ramapo tomato’s triumphant return: “When I hear these young chefs gushing about heirlooms, I wonder: haven’t they ever tasted a Big Boy, or an Early Girl?”

The article implies that a big …

Brain freeze
July 22, 2008 – 10:12 AM | 108 Comments
Brain freeze

As the champion-foodstuffs bracket prepares to make its triumphant midsummer return with an ice-cream face-off, Keckler and I find ourselves with a few unanswered questions — starting with whether Rocky Road is the same thing …

Support Local Business: July 3, 2008
July 3, 2008 – 3:21 PM | 4 Comments
Support Local Business: July 3, 2008

Last weekend’s heavy rains caused a lot of flooding here at the bottom of the Slope, and the Root Hill Café got hit with heavy inventory losses.The RHC is a nice little place that makes …

Notes from the Western Slope
June 24, 2008 – 10:53 PM | 13 Comments
Notes from the Western Slope

Congratulations on buying $8000 worth of fireworks, guy who lives one block from me, but do you think maybe you want to save a few of them for the actual Fourth Of July, instead of …