American Greetings Corporation (NYSE: AM) has introduced a memorable new experience in the card aisle with Tasties™. Each card in the new line features a dissolvable flavor-strip, safely sealed inside, which recipients can enjoy along with the warm wishes of friends and family. These tasty surprises correspond with the art and sentiment of each card to offer the perfect recipe for a fun greeting. One birthday card in the new line features an image of a cupcake and reads, "If nothing else, birthdays are a great excuse to eat cake." The inside reads, "…lots and lots of cake." The dissolvable strip included encourages recipients to "take a bite," and enjoy the taste of vanilla cupcake, expanding on the fun and sweetness of the greeting. Other flavors to help consumers celebrate include everything from donut to margarita. You can also follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/amgreetings and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AmericanGreetings.Mmm...cupcakes strip. I don't know about you, but I would still rather someone just give me an actual CUPCAKE with my greeting card. No?
Milwaukee Food Tours offers several exciting tours exploring neighborhoods originally settled by Italian, Irish, Polish and German immigrants. On all of our Milwaukee tours, our guides will point out architectural highlights, cultural hotspots, and great restaurants and shops while sampling flavors from restaurants along the way. We’ll talk about our city’s favorite fictional friends, Laverne & Shirley, and we’ll even visit Fonzie on our RiverWalk/Old World Third Street tour!We were also very lucky to be joined by the team that brings us Slow Food of Wisconsin South-East. We thought it was a though provoking pairing with our mainstream restaurant challenge. SlowFoodWISE is the recipient of this month's non-profit donation. Their mission:
Seeking to create dramatic and lasting change in the food system. We reconnect Americans with the people, traditions, plants, animals, fertile soils and waters that produce our food. We work to inspire a transformation in food policy, production practices and market forces to ensure equity, sustainability and pleasure in the food we eat.
Partner's Pick — Best Taste: Mark & John's Cubanitas Cupcake. Chocolate and avocado cupcake topped with avocado frosting and fresh fried plantains.
Partner's Pick — Best Presentation: Natasha & Lauren's Kopp's Cupcake. A cheeseburger with the works; brown sugar cake with a brownie burger pattie in the middle, decorated with sweets to look just like a loaded burger! And as if that was not enough, these lovely ladies also took home the Overall Best Display prize! (Come on girls, we know that cute baby dressed like a Kopp's employee had NOTHING to do with it.)
The Queen's Choice — The Pink Squirrel Cupcake from the gang at Bryant's Cocktail Lounge. Their creation was flavored like The Pink Squirrel, a famous ice cream cocktail invented at Bryant's in the 1940's! (entry #15)
Overall Best Taste — Carly's Sticky Monkey Cupcake. Inspired by Bartolotta's Lake Park Bistro banana bread pudding. Fresh banana cake with real homemade caramel frosting. (entry #13)
We encourage you to stuff your face at our new Lakeview store's grand opening. It's $25 to register and there will be many prizes from us and our sponsors -- Alterra Coffee and Organic Valley. Email us to enter and we will see you July 17 2pm at 2961 N Lincoln Ave.Tomorrow, Bleeding Heart Bakery will begin taking registrations for their Vegan Cupcake Eating Contest! Email lakeview@thebleedingheartbakery.com for more info. There are 15 openings in 3 categories: timed, children and most unique eater. The entry fee is $25 for adults and $15 for kids. All contestants will receive a commemorative shirt designed by Vinny and screened by Equilibrium! First Come First Serve!
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EXTREME CUPCAKE challenge
Sunday, July 18th at 3:00 p.m.
Harley-Davidson Museum
400 Canal St | Milwaukee WI 53201
Here’s Big Baby’s official manufacturer’s description:
“Your little one will love this lifelike baby doll with his soft, cuddly fabric body and vinyl arms, legs and face. With dazzling blue eyes that open and close, this realistic baby encourages nurturing play. Eighteen inches tall, he comes dressed in an adorable yellow onesie with matching bonnet, and has his own magical bottle of milk that disappears while he drinks! A perfect first doll for your special child. Machine washable on gentle cycle. Flame retardant.”
Fun Facts about Big Baby:
• When asked which character was the most personal contribution of his, Lee Unkrich answered that it was Big Baby. In fact he was wearing a t-shirt with the character’s silhouette when we spoke.
• The drawings all over Big Baby’s body are meant to emulate tattoos on a bouncer or another typically large personality.
• Big Baby plays a bigger role (no pun intended) than you’d think. Can’t talk about it, but it’s pretty deep.
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LOCAL RESTAURANT Challenge
MONDAY, JUNE 21st at 6:00 p.m.
Discovery World
500 N Harbor Drive | Milwaukee, WI 53202
This super cute onesie would be perfect for your little zombie fan!
It features my artwork, of a zombie cupcake, or a FRANKENCAKE!
The cake is screenprinted on to the front of the onesie in a sparkly, dark lavender.
The onesie is a cotton Gerber brand, sized 6-9 months.
