- Chris of Mele Cotte successfully defended her dissertation, and now has a Ph.D. in Education. Congratulations, Chris!
- Did you know that Coke makes kosher Coca-Cola? It contains sugar, part of the original recipe, instead of corn syrup, which was substituted for sugar in 1985. Via Off the Broiler.
- Everyone’s favorite Cream Puff is baking Orange Oatmeal Applesauce bread at midnight, while Ari is baking Banana Bundt Cake . . . at 5 a.m. I feel like such a slacker!
- Kathy takes us on a tour of Honolulu’s Chinatown market, one of Master Chow’s favorite haunts back home. Like I’ve said before, sometimes I really miss Hawaii, especially when I read one of Kathy’s posts!
- Recipe I’ve added to my “to-make list”: Dorie Greenspan’s Prune and Armagnac ice cream, via Brilynn at Jumbo Empanadas.
- Rowena blogs about Italian hedgehogs. No, she doesn’t eat them, so don’t worry.
- And speaking of critters, for those of you with cats and dogs, there has been a massive dog and cat food recall due to incidents of kidney failure and death caused by aflatoxin in the food. For more information, including a list of affected brands, check here and here. **Update: more on the pet food recall, here.**
- HAPPY SAINT PATRICK’S DAY!