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Innovation: Waiter, There's Too Much Pepper on My Paprikash

BY Robert Buckman
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Apr 2, 2007 at 10:00 AM

Correct! That line was spoken by Billy Crystal's character in 1989's "When Harry Met Sally," a film which had among its great themes that life is a menu of choices, and it's okay to be choosy. The movie's Sally Albright (Meg Ryan's ...READ»

CUPCAKE STAND | 1 comment

Cupcake Stand

BY Roberton Clemente
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Oct 12, 2009 at 2:23 AM

Have you ever made cupcakes for a party or event and had really no place to put those delicious little cakes of heaven. Most people place them on normal plate and set them on the table with all the other food and treats, but there’s ...READ»

CUSTOMER SERVICE | Comment

Customers First Honorable Mention: Cold Stone Creamery

BY Tonya Garcia
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 9:22 AM

Cold Stone Creamery Despite all the mysteries of childhood, there was one thing I knew for certain: When September 2nd came around, I would celebrate my birthday with a cake made of chocolate and vanilla ice cream and crumbled Oreo ...READ»

UNILEVER | Comment

Unilever's Room-Temperature Ice Cream is Green, But How Will it Taste?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Aug 24, 2009 at 3:34 PM

Astronaut ice cream is a fun novelty treat for science-happy kids, but could Earth-bound adults ever warm up to the idea of room-temperature ice cream? That's what Unilever--the food company behind brands like Ben & Jerry's and ...READ»

INNOVATION | 2 comments

The (Ice) Cream Rises...

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed May 31, 2006 at 10:35 AM

It's summer time, and the living is easy. So our minds turn to all things summer: kite flying, picnics in the park, baseball, and ice cream. Today's New York Times offers two glimpses behind the business of ice cream -- which make ...READ»

PERSONAL GROWTH | Comment

Taste, Bud

BY Cheryl Dahle
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:29 AM

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HIRING EMPLOYEES | Comment

It's in the Bag

BY Erika Germer
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:18 AM

What's Your Problem?READ»

CUPCAKE STAND | Comment

Wedding Cupcake Stand

BY Roberton Clemente
Relevancy Score: 99
Mon Oct 12, 2009 at 2:25 AM

Many cake designers love to work with the cupcake stand because they make for such great decorating ideas for Weddings. You can have 3 to 4 tiers of very decorated cupcakes to extenuate a beautiful cake on the top. This design is used ...READ»

BOB AND RICHELLE WARD | Comment

Ice Cream in Newtown, CT

BY Bob and Richelle Ward
Relevancy Score: 95
Sun Jun 28, 2009 at 12:23 PM

Summer has finally arrived. And summer = ice cream! There are many places to go for ice cream in the local area. There are Friendy's restaurants, Carvel Ice Cream, Dr. Mike's in Bethel & Monroe, Haagen-Dazs and Rich ...READ»

ASTRONAUT ICE CREAM | 1 comment

Unilever's Room-Temperature Ice Cream Is Good for the World, But How Will It Taste?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 88
Mon Aug 24, 2009 at 3:34 PM

Astronaut ice cream is a fun novelty treat for science-happy kids, but could Earth-bound adults ever warm up to the idea of room-temperature ice cream? That's what Unilever--the food company behind brands like Ben & Jerry's and ...READ»

BASKIN-ROBBINS | 2 comments

Cold Stone Mixes It Up

BY Ellen Gibson
Relevancy Score: 85
Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 2:53 PM

Cold Stone Creamery may have the highest unit volume in the ice cream category, but its aggressive expansion plan has hit the skids over the past two years. In May, the Scottsdale-based chain, known for its marble-slab mixtures and ...READ»

INNOVATION | Comment

Want to grow your business? Give customers more sprinkles

BY Jory Des Jardins
Relevancy Score: 83
Thu Apr 5, 2007 at 9:41 PM

I had lunch in Chicago with Andy Sernovitz, former head of the Word of Mouth Marketing Association and author of Word of Mouth: How Smart Companies Get People Talking. He invited me to Lou Mitchells, a downtown diner--that's all I ...READ»

CUSTOMER SERVICE | Comment

Customers First Local Hero: Pinkberry

BY Alyssa Danigelis
Relevancy Score: 83
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 9:22 AM

Pinkberry The Los Angeles Times called it the place that launched 1,000 parking tickets. Most Pinkberry customers consider that a small sacrifice for this tangy blend of frozen yogurt with fresh fruit topping and nothing ...READ»

FC CALENDAR | 1 comment

National German Chocolate Cake Day

BY Fast Company Calendar
Relevancy Score: 74
Thu Jun 11, 2009 at 11:12 AM

Cocktail-party factoid for the day: German chocolate cake--that messy and ridiculous pile of layer cake, coconut, and pecans slathered with caramel-infused goo--has nothing to do with Germany. It's actually named for Samuel German, ...READ»

BEN & JERRY'S | 1 comment

Ben & Jerry's Imagine Peace Online

BY Rachel King
Relevancy Score: 73
Tue Aug 5, 2008 at 2:43 PM

All the world needs is peace, love and ice cream -- at least according to Ben & Jerry's. To spotlight the ice cream enterprise's newest creation, "Imagine Whirled Peace," (a swirl of sweet cream-flavored ice cream, ...READ»

DESIGN | 1 comment

Designing Dessert

BY Kevin Ohannessian
Relevancy Score: 72
Mon Jun 20, 2005 at 2:18 PM

Saturday night, after seeing a film in the East Village, I got dessert at Rice to Riches. This dessert shop is entirely devoted to rice pudding and entirely the result of iPod's success and the design revolution. Everything is ...READ»

CRACKING THE CARBON CODE™ | Comment

Cracking the Carbon Code™: Low Carbon Summer Treats?

BY Terry Tamminen
Relevancy Score: 71
Tue Sep 8, 2009 at 5:19 PM

In an unlikely example of cracking the Carbon Code™, Unilever scientists are developing an ice cream that can be stored and transported at room temperature. READ»

ADVERTISING + PR | 1 comment

I Scream, You Scream

Relevancy Score: 67
Wed Jun 29, 2005 at 1:41 PM

Starbucks is offering free ice cream today at 6,000 of its stores (I'm not sure how popular the giveaway is going to be at this one) as a way to drive sales at grocery stores. Curiously enough, though, the company doesn't sell the ...READ»

TOP CHEF | 1 comment

'Top Chef: Just Desserts': Can Cable Stand Another Cupcake Show?

BY Dan Macsai
Relevancy Score: 64
Mon Oct 26, 2009 at 12:17 PM

When Fast Company listed non-chefs Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz among the most creative people in food, we praised them for producing Top Chef. Now, says Variety, they're getting their Just Desserts. The Top Chef spin-off, set to ...READ»

TECHNOLOGY | Comment

Change For a Dollar

BY Paul Lukas
Relevancy Score: 57
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:21 AM

The future of vending lies in tailored on-demand services. Now, who wants ice cream?READ»

AIRLINES | Comment

Lessons from an ice-cream lid: 1. Find out what the people want 2. Give them a lot of it

BY Lynette Chiang
Relevancy Score: 55
Wed Sep 24, 2008 at 5:07 PM

I understand we're heading for a recession. Down the street I see triple gelatos being passed over countertops. Cupcakes, judging from the crush at Billy's Bakery last night, are waddling out the door in threesomes. An upscale ...READ»

HUMOR | Comment

Liquid Purple Cows

BY David Lidsky
Relevancy Score: 53
Thu Mar 25, 2004 at 7:29 AM

Went out to a barbeque restaurant last night with some FC colleagues and when the dessert menu came, how could I not, as Seth Godin's editor, have been intrigued by the purple cow float? I honestly had never heard of such a dessert ...READ»

GAY | Comment

id Magazine's Bacon Cupcake Challenge

BY Christian Messer
Relevancy Score: 52
Fri Jul 17, 2009 at 2:57 PM

A little while ago, a blog entry was written, expressing the desire…no…the NEED for a Bacon Cupcake in Portland…or Oregon for that matter. There will be those that wince, but if Twitter is any indication, there is a massive ...READ»

ALASKA | Comment

Build Buzz for Your Business: Leverage the November Election.

BY Susan Solovic
Relevancy Score: 49
Thu Oct 2, 2008 at 6:53 PM

Tonight is the vice-presidential debate between Governor Sarah Palin and Senator Joe Biden at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Entrepreneurial students are using the event to “cash-in” on the debate and promote their ...READ»

BATTER BLASTER | 4 comments

How One Man Confused Grocers and Won Customers with Canned Pancakes

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 48
Tue Feb 24, 2009 at 3:44 PM

Sean O'Connor has struggled with a monster. "Grocery is the biggest business you never think about," he says. "It moves incredibly slowly. We had no idea of the hurdles." He should know. He's spent the ...READ»

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