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• iSee: Lobster Claw Machine
  on May 4, 2012 in SFW iSee Shellfish Georgia Lobster
  First, let me apologize for the crappy "Cops" style camera work. I am still getting used to my iPhone, and it shows. With that in mind, if I had the opportunity to re-shoot this, I would.  But I... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we...
• New feature!
  on May 3, 2012 in iSee Notes From Gigi
  First, my thanks to you once again for my having to take a break. It has been a hard time for the family because the loss of my aunt was sudden and unexpected. Regardless of what happens in life,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web...
• Dole Real Fruit Bites: Apple Chunks
  on Apr 18, 2012 in Fruit 90 Calories Yogurt Dole Oats Apple Vanilla
  Yogurt covered fruit snacks are one of those things I really like, yet never remember to buy. So when the nice PR people behind these Dole snacks sent me a box containing three new varieties, I was... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs...
• Freeze Dried Ice Cream
  on Apr 16, 2012 in Chocolate Freeze Dried Luvyduvy Dairy Ice Cream Strawberry Vanilla
  This review is admittedly aimed at my eight-year-old self who would have thought freeze dried ice cream was just the shiznit. Well, I am no longer eight, but I still picked up this package of freeze... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web...
• Pepsi Next
  on Apr 13, 2012 in Cola 100 Calories Pepsi Soft Drinks Soda Diet Soda Beverages
  Pepsi's new soda for 2012 -- Pepsi Next -- actually makes me feel like I'm time traveling back to roughly 2004; way back in the earlyish days of the turn of the century. (And now I am making us all... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web...
• Dreyers/Edys Fruit Bars: Mango
  on Mar 26, 2012 in nut free Mango Fruit Fat Free Gluten Free 80 Calories Kosher Edy's/Dreyers
  I should probably admit up front that I have nothing but love for practically the entire line of Dreyers/Edy's Fruit Bars. They are additively refreshing and they are almost always my bedtime snack... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs...
• JELL-O Strawberry Sunday Pudding
  on Mar 21, 2012 in Jell-O Dairy Strawberry Pudding
  So here I am again, poised over the old laptop with a pudding cup in my hand. The last one was kind of like a Gigi Scooby Snack. I did not have to be asked twice to scarf that puppy. But this... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website f...
• J-ELLO S'more Pudding Snack
  on Mar 19, 2012 in Jell-O Chocolate Graham Cracker Marshmallow Dairy Pudding
  I may have said this a million times or two, but there will never be enough products with marshmallow in this world for me. I love everything about them. I love them "raw" (a.k.a just out of the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi...
• I'm BAAAAAACK!!! and programming notes.
  on Mar 19, 2012 in Notes From Gigi
  First, a million thank you's to everyone. To those of you who helped with the burial of my father -- you will never know how much it was appreciated and how much it helped. To those of you who... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websit...
• Thank you all!
  on Aug 2, 2011 in Notes From Gigi
  Once more, I want to tell everyone how much your support has meant to me. I have gotten more comments and emails than I may ever get to respond to, though I promise I will do my best. Some of you... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websit...
• Thank you all! And an update...
  on Jun 10, 2011 in Notes From Gigi
  I know it has been a really long time since my last post, and I wanted to apologize for that yet again. But more importantly, I wanted to thank the many of you who have left comments wishing well to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we...
• Jala Vanilla Pomegranate Swirl Bar
  on Mar 18, 2011 in Fruit Dairy Yogurt Vanilla Low Fat Pomegranate Jala
  I happen to really like yogurt. I like most styles, I like it in smoothies or those yogurt drinks, and it goes without saying that I like it frozen. So, being the spoiled brat that I am, my mother --... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we...
• Happt St. Patricks Day
  on Mar 16, 2011 in Notes From Gigi
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• Snickers: Peanut Butter Squared
  on Mar 14, 2011 in MArs Nuts Chocolate Caramel Peanuts Milk Chocolate Nougat Candy Peanut Butter
  This is one of those cases where I have been woefully slow on the uptake getting to my review. I've been dying to try these since Cybele got the first scoop on them on Candy Blog back in July, and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi...
• 365: Cherry Vanilla Creme Soda
  on Mar 11, 2011 in Soft Drinks Soda Vanilla 365 Cherry Beverages
  I admit that I tend to not go too far off the mainstream, well-beaten path for soda that I drink in my normal day to day life. This is mostly because, apart from review purposes, I just don't drink... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs...
• skyr.is: Vanilla
  on Mar 8, 2011 in Imported Skyr Dairy Icelandic Vanilla
  Skyr? What the hell is skyr? Well, I first heard of skyr on an early episode of Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern where Andrew was in Iceland, and decided that should I ever find it "in the wild"... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web...
• MASH: Grapefruit Citrus Zing
  on Mar 6, 2011 in 100 Calories Citrus Soft Drinks MASH Grapefruit Beverages Kosher
  Yes, I love New York. I think everyone who reads this blog knows that very well. But one of the few things that I hate about New York is that sooner or later, small neighborhood stores that I have... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web...
• Peanut Butter & Co: The Heat Is On Peanut Butter
  on Mar 1, 2011 in Vegan Spice Peanut Butter Co Gluten Free Peanut Butter Chili's
  One of the upsides of having a food review blog is that friends will often come up with items that they want to see me review. And one of the downsides of having a food review blog is that friends... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi...
• Temptations by Jell-O: Lemon Meringue Pie
  on Feb 18, 2011 in Jell-O Citrus Lemon Dessert
  If you have read even a handful of my reviews, you probably know that if something is made with lemon -- in even the most remote sense -- then that is something I will line up to try. Well, Jell-O... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs...
• New Tree Chocolate Granola Bar
  on Feb 15, 2011 in Chocolate Imported Citrus Milk Chocolate Imported Candy Lime Candy New Tree Green Tea Belgian
  I have liked New Tree chocolate since the very first bar I found on a visit to Zabar's in New York City. The first one I tried was the Tranquility bar, which is milk chocolate and lavender (new and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs...