Lindt Gold Bunny Egg Cup

For most holidays, Lindt brings out collectable items, boxes, this is one of the ones that I've seen the past few weekends, a Gold Bunny Egg Cup. I don't know how much egg cups are used these days, they are used when one eats a boiled egg for breakfast; it's a convenient way to hold the egg steady while you crack the top open to eat it. Really, I would say it's more a European thing. With this Egg Cup collectable (I'm not quite sure whether they change the pattern year to year), comes a large Nougat-Vanilla filled milk chocolate egg (suitable for cracking open, I guess).

How does it taste, cracked open? OK, quite sweet, but definitely hazelnut-y. If it wasn't for the egg cup, though, I don't think I would buy this again, save if I were to travel back in time to my childhood.

St. Valentine's Day Elephant and Bowl

I got this from my beautiful Bride, she's sweet! Ok, after St. Valentine's Day, but she's still sweet. The stuffed elephant has an upraised trunk, good for luck. The bowl is quite large, too large almost to be for coffee, more for soup or cereal.

Some things from Chinese New Year

Health, happiness, wealth, joy, luck, and surprises I wish for all my friends and family.

It's the Year of the Ox.

Colourful lucky candies are given out. These are made from peanuts and feature several flavours - cocoa, sesame, coffee and almond.

Cards are sent to friends and family as part of the New Year celebration. This one features a lucky dragon on the front.

Chinese laughing dumplings are supposed to bring happiness, as the cracks in the flour look like smiles. The fried balls are sometimes filled with red bean paste and are usually covered with sesame seed.

Happy New Year!

I hope 2009 brings you the best of health, happiness and joy.

Happy Lunar New Year!

Happy Lunar New Year to all my friends and family, especially to my Chinese brother-in-law (who is in China celebrating right now), and more especially to my beautiful Bride, who has brought me lots of Joy this past year, I wish for her the same.

I wish all my friends and family, new and old, Luck, Happiness, Peace and Prosperity for the Year of the Rat!

I missed a wonderful Food Holiday!

Apparently, June 1st in the United States is National Hazelnut Cake Day. Who knew? I'll have to mark it down for next year, so as to make a hazelnut cake on that day. Not that I need an excuse to celebrate hazelnuts!