Behold the power of bacon.

It comes in lollipop form.

It comes chicken-fried.

And it can wake you up in the morning. 

There is no better food.

Fo' sizzle. 

Some randomness, you just can't make up. Randomness like the unexplained insertion of a spaghetti-eating cat into a morning-show interview about binge drinking.

Joel McHale nailed it. "It was, for lack of a better word: art."

Check it out:

Have you ever been faced with a questionable cake?

I don't mean one that tastes as if the baker might be moonlighting as a brick mason.  I mean one that makes you go, "Um. Well. That's different."

And when I say "different," I mean it in the same way your cousin Charlie who ate paste and wore his red cowboy boots everywhere was "different."

Still not following? 

 

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My last longterm relationship didn't end so well, so I have no problem spending Valentine's Day by myself this year.

As far as Valentine's Day goes, I can usually take it or leave it. This year, however, is different. I discovered a rack of good-sized heart-shaped message cookies at Shaws in Milford the other day, and now I want the holiday to go on forever.

Deprive me of my reasonably-priced seasonal baked goods and there will be trouble. I'm serious. We're talking no joy in Mudville here.

 

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I love her with all my heart, but my mom puts the "nary" in "culinary," as in, "Nary a good pie shall she make."

It's almost a knack. She can follow a recipe to the letter and something will still go wrong. A delicate touch of mint will, in her hands, somehow produce frosting with the taste and consistency of toothpaste.

So, in the grand tradition of such dishes as The Tasty Abomination (a very special Jell-o salad) and Rustic Peasant Bread (which started off as quiche), I give you the Tale of the Great Blueberry Pie Debacle.

 

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I am very much bummed out by the results of last night's finale of "The Next Food Network Star." 

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In honor of The Simpsons movie, Ben & Jerry's is releasing Duff & D'oh-Nuts, chocolate and cream stout ice cream with glazed chocolate doughnuts, at the movie's premiere, which faithful Pop Diner readers know is happening in Vermont. 

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I knew it was OK to eat what I wanted!

 

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(OK, I don't mean that. I really, really like your Web site!) 

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