April 6, 2011

Sweet Tooth Candies

On my way from Southgate to The Carnegie I passed an adorable little candy store with a sign on the outside that read "Home Made chocolates and ice cream".  Hmmmm, yes please! 

Sweet Tooth Candies is located on 11th Street in "west" Newport, close to Covington. It's the kind of place you would only know about if you a.) grew up in Newport, or b.) your mapquest route randomly takes you past it en route to your destination. 
I was in the mood for ice cream but the smell of chocolate candy as I walked through the door almost changed my mind.  The site was just as wonderful as the smells.  Hippity hoppity, Easter is on its way at Sweet Tooth!



There were opera cream samples and chocolate ganache samples, I tried one of each.  Opera cream are their specialty and can be ordered directly from their chocolate factory on Saratoga Street in Newport.

Ultimately, I stuck with my gut and went for the home-made ice cream.  It took some time to make up my mind, look at all the choices!

Once I spotted the banana ice cream I needed to look no further.  Best. I've. Ever. Had.  Paired nicely with the light cinnamon flavor in the home-made waffle cone.  I typically only get banana ice cream from Aglamesis.  I hate to admit this, but this banana ice cream blew all others out of the water.  The flavor was perfect, the texture was smooth and creamy but not too heavy. 

Instead of eating in the car I decided to soak up the ice cream parlor ambiance and sat at one of these tables to enjoy my cone by the light of the lamp post.
There is nothing more satisfying than discovering a new ice cream, food or coffee venue that far outweighs the competition.  It puts a big smile on my face and makes me want to jump up and down and tell everyone I know how great it is and then jump up and down some more. That is how I felt after going to Sweet Tooth.    
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April 3, 2011

Newport Kroger Marketplace: Pineapple

The highlight of this week's grocery adventure was, by far, the sale on whole Pineapple; $1.99 each.  I hesitate to buy fruit that is labor intensive to peel, cut or prepare in general.  But I couldn't pass up a deal and pineapple seemed appropriate for a 70 degree day. 
As I was leaving I spotted staff from the meat and seafood department preparing CRAWFISH to sample!  I failed to get a picture.  Samples, in general, were scarce that day.


When I got home I cut the pineapple and the creative juices started flowing.  Last week there was a nice sale on on Greek Yogurt so I stocked up. 
So I combined the fresh pineapple and Dannon Greek Yogurt, along with a frozen banana and 1/2 an orange to make this:

Pineapple/Orange/Banana smoothie in a bowl.
Thank you Newport Kroger Marketplace!

April 2, 2011

The Carnegie

I first visisted The Carnegie in February 2006 for a Bacchanalian Society wine tasting.  Fast-forward 5 years and many wonderful changes and improvements have been made.




The Carnegie houses art galleries, a theater and also serves as an art education center.  Below is a pic of the newly renovated Otto M. Budig theater.  Carousel is showing until 4/17/2011.  Check out this link for show dates and times.

The Art of Food is currently on display in the gallery until 4/15/2011.  Follow this link for details.  There was definitely a cake theme; wedding cakes, cupcakes, pancakes.




There was also toast made out of beautiful glass!

And real toast as well; slightly burnt with an image of the Mona Lisa scraped into it.
The gallery rounded out the "carb and refined sugar theme" with candy!

Rosie the Riveter made of over 25,000 Mentos
 
Seurat. Post-impressionist Fruit Loops


The Scream- Penny Candy version.

Portrait made out of a combo: candy, fruit loops and beans
And some potato chips for good measure...
With a side of pasta.
Lots of Penne
What a wonderful venue for art and theater.  I can't wait to go back for future exhibits, and don't forget: