I seem to miss this event ever since I’ve come to known about it.  Even though I’m not a big fan of chocolate, I’m always impressed by the many different types of chocolate concoctions and by the chocolate art.  Details below:

Where

Metropolitan Pavilion
125 West 18th Street – New York, NY 10011

When

October 30th to November 1st, 2009 – Chocolate Show
Friday, October 30: noon to 8pm
Saturday, October 31: 10am to 8pm
Sunday, November 1: 10am to 5pm

Tickets
Now available for $28 per adult.
Website : www.ticketmaster.com
The price will be $30 when purchased at the door
General admission is free for kids under 5 and free for kids 5 to 12 with a 2 child per adult limit. The price for any additional child is $8.
Tickets are only available by internet.

Complete details here.

Insurance.com released its list of the 10 most dangerous foods to eat while driving.  While driving distractions these days focus one talking and texting on a mobile device, it’s easy to overlook food as a distraction.

Here’s the top ten breakdown from the site:

1. Coffee – Even in cups with travel lids, somehow the liquid finds its way out of the opening each time you hit a bump.
2. Hot soup – Many people drink it like coffee and run the same risks.
3. Tacos – Any food that can disassemble itself will leave your car looking like a salad bar.
4. Chili Dogs – The potential for drips and slops down the front of clothing is significant.
5. Hamburgers – From the grease of the burger to ketchup and mustard, it could all end up on your hands, your clothes, and the steering wheel.
6. Barbecued food – Ditto. The sauce may be great, but if you have to lick your fingers, the sauce will end up on whatever you touch – and that wheel will be tough to grip.
7. Fried chicken – Another food that leaves you with greasy hands, which means constantly wiping them on something, even if it’s your shirt.
8. Jelly donuts – Have you eaten a jelly donut without some of the center oozing out? It’s simply not possible.
9. Soft drinks – Not only are they subject to spills, but also the carbonated kind can fizz as you’re drinking if you make sudden movements, and most of us remember cola fizz in the nose from childhood. It isn’t any more pleasant now.
10. Chocolate – Like greasy foods, chocolate coats the fingers as it melts, leaving its mark anywhere you touch. As you try to clean it off the steering wheel you’re likely to end up swerving.

I didn’t see pizza on the list, so I guess it’s semi-safe to install one of these in-car pizza ovens.  Nothing like steaming hot pizza on the road.

She took the bone to Professor Larry Blumer, director of environmental studies in the biology department of Morehouse College in Atlanta, for an examination.

“It’s definitely bone, and it came from some type of mammal,” Blumer told FOXNews.com. “This isn’t [a] tail vertebra — it’s something higher up, and the reason I’m certain for that is because it’s hollow. The nerve cord would run through there.”

“It doesn’t look like there’s even a remnant of flesh on this,” Blumer said. “This has either been out in the environment for a while and it got into that container, or it went through some organism’s digestive tract first. For example, you might find something like this in an owl pellet,” Blumer said, referring to the indigestible material regurgitated by the animal.

Potts contacted the company’s customer service and received a call back from a representative telling her the object was probably a peanut twig.

Full Article here

Award-winning Pastry Chef Laurent Richard presents a sumptuous gourmet buffet of the most unforgettable decadent chocolate desserts complimented by a bottomless glass of Champagne. Indulge in this sinful selection while experiencing the most breathtaking views of the Statue of Liberty and New York Harbor from the 14th floor Rise Bar. The romantic water views are enhanced by Chef Richard’s carnival-themed chocolate sculptures, but the true delights come from a taste of the many dessert selections that are sure to dazzle.

Friday and Saturday nights in February; two seatings: 7:30 p.m. or 9:30 p.m.

$75 per person includes tax and gratuity.  The $75.00 includes an open bar and lots and lots of chocolate.

Reservations required.  Call (917) 790-2600 or purchase the package here

~ Boon

I wouldn’t recommend placing this Swiss Army Knife in your pocket, unless you like squishy things in your pants.  Although it might not save you in any emergency or get you out of a jam, you can count on it’s sweet and nutty flavor to hold you over until helps comes, or until that bear finishes mauling you.  Made of Swiss chocolate and hazelnut praline filling.

Swiss Knife Shop via Gizmodo

A year in the making, this F-1 race car contains no moving parts, just chocolaty deliciousness. It is made to scale from 2000 kilograms of Belgian chocolate. This baby can be yours for only $31,908.00, and a year wait.