It seems there are all sorts of holidays or days to celebrate something, but ones that involve dessert for breakfast, well that's something we all can stand behind. more ›

Today marks the debut of the aforementioned new item on the menu at Jamba Juice. But this ain't your grandmother's Starbucks' oatmeal--it's made with slow-cooked organic steel cut oats, made from scratch on-site. Altogether, it takes about 40 minutes to prepare, which is, like, a year in fast food time. The oatmeal comes topped with a brown sugar crumble and your pick of fruit toppings: blueberry-blackberry, apple cinnamon, or fresh bananas. To celebrate the rollout, Jamba Juice is doing the non-profit community a solid by making deliveries to workers at non-profits in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, and Salt Lake City. Here in Seattle, it's the employees of the Downtown YMCA who got a warm 'n' tasty oatmeal breakfast on this chilly morning. more ›

Recently, a major renovation of our pantry was conducted in an effort to oust the Indian meal moths afflicting our apartment. We tend to buy our staples in bulk, so our pantry is rife with the kind of flimsy and easily infiltrated baggies beloved among Indian moths. Tearfully, we threw away bags of unused arborio rice, granola, and fun spiral pasta, until at last we came across a tin that had proven sturdy enough to resist the moths: John McCanns Steel Cut Irish Oatmeal. After not insignificant efforts, we managed to pry off the lid to find a pristine cache of the beautiful oats. We could have cried. more ›

Showstopper of Seattle's long-running cabaret Angry Housewives was, you may recall, a number titled "Eat Your F***ing Cornflakes!" (What, you don't remember? Brain cells degraded by poor nutrition, no doubt.) Anyway, Starbucks is now seeking to recapture the breakfast market by offering freshly zapped oatmeal with a choice of fruit, brown sugar, or mixed nuts. more ›