Monthly Archive for February, 2007

You Taste Like Strawberries

Sexy. Gorgeous. Creamy. Is it beckoning you to devour it whole? One bite will imbue a fleeting aura of the Mona Lisa smile. And although it can only offer ephemeral pleasure, you will savour each lick, bite and tiny crumb of that Strawberry Mascarpone Cream Tart. Oh yes you will, because simply put, it is [...]

The Breakfast Club: Waffling Through Life

This past Tuesday was Shrove Tuesday - also known as Pancake Day, Pancake Tuesday, Paczki Day, Fasnacht Day, Fauschnaut Day, Mardis Gras and Fat Tuesday. Yesterday was Ash Wednesday. So, why a photo of waffles, you ask? Because my sister made her super-crisp yet moist and scrumptious Classic Buttermilk Waffles (recipe from The Breakfast Book [...]

Happy Chinese New Year of the Edward Gorey Pig

Oh, the things I’ll buy just to get quirky photos for my blog, LOL. Anyway, a big Happy Chinese New Year’s shout-out to everyone who celebrates it! Umm, if a bag of pork rinds offends you because you’re a pointy-horned, grass-eating vegan or if you happen to enjoy eating pork crackling and the fruityoaty brand [...]

Top Reasons Why It’s OK To Be Single on Any Day

OK, I know… this entry is a bit untimely, but better late than never. I do things in my own good time. I’m just fashionably late. I would’ve posted on Valentine’s Day, but I was too busy wallowing in my single-minded misery… ehrr, just kidding. Yes, Happy Singles Awareness Day to all the members [...]

fruityoaty Listed in Snap Preview Anywhere Top 100 Sites!

Last December, I signed up for Snap Shots and implemented the Snap Shots Plugin for WordPress. The plugin made it a snap (pardon the pun) to install this nifty gizmo. When you hover over any external link on my blog, the Snap server will load a thumbnail preview of that external site in a small [...]

The Breakfast Club: Colour Me Raisin

Have you ever seen a thicker slice of raisin bread toast loaded with that many raisins? It’s as if a truck carrying a cargo of Hershey’s Chipits spilled gobs of chocolate chips on my breakfast plate. (Yes, this entry should put to rest doubts as to whether Massa P (aka “fruity”) can rise to new [...]