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We Covet California Chocolate

As a transplanted Californian that is returning to my native habitat for this obscure conference in San Francisco next week, there is one food stuff at the top of my covet list:

See's Candy.  The famous San Francisco company has been making the best American boxed chocolates for almost 90 years. 

There are no See's shops on the East Coast, to my dismay.  So if you see me lurking around the See's stand in the United terminal of SFO drooling, please look away.  Or gently remind me that the delicious chocolates can always be purchased online around Christmas, when the wreckage of a date with nuts and chews can be more easily hidden beneath cords and a sweater. 

2 lb. box $30 @ See's.com

We Covet Fresh Herbs

You can keep herbs fresh for up to THREE! WEEKS! LONGER! with this groovy looking storage unit from Prepara. 

When kept in this container, the herbs sit in a small amount of water, and thus remain fresh and properly moistened longer. 

Oh brave new world, that has such storage containers in it!

So make room in the fridge for the cutting edge of freshness, baby -- ketchup is for sissies anyhow.

Prepara 'herb-savor', $29.95 @ prepara.com

Food Accessories That We Would Totally Covet If We knew What They Were For

These are adorable, but I just can't figure out what they're for. I mean, sure, why shouldn't an apple have a sweater, but then again, why should it? Not that I'm anti-apple or anything - if apples want to wear clothes, then more power to them - but it just seems to me that the sweater yarn might get caught in your teeth when you bite into them.

Of course, if you're the type to put sweaters on your apples, you're probably naming them and organizing them into little families, so you're maybe not eating them. So maybe I'm missing the point entirely.

Apple Jackets, $20.00 @ The Curiosity Shoppe. One size, apparently, fits most medium apples. So if you have extra large or extra small apples, you might want to have them sized by a tailor or something. Because, you know, dressing well is all about fit. Stacey and Clinton taught me that.

Frankenstein Mutant Freak Thing We Don't So Much Covet

BEHOLD THE HORROR SCIENCE HATH WROUGHT!

Okay, so it's just a stupid apple... well, sort of.

Actually, it's a Grapple -- an apple that is artificially flavored to taste like a grape, thus producing the most redundant and superfluous food item ever mass-produced by man. Congratulations, Grapple people, you win at being pointless! Woot!

Dude, what I want to know is when are they going to make a carrot that tastes like broccoli? Because THAT would be totally useful. Durr?

Get yourself a whole box of freakish grapey appleness if you dare, $39.95 @ Premium Fruit

Cookies We Covet

Earth Day is just a couple weeks away now, so why not celebrate our planet with some delicious, symbolically-shaped baked goods? USDA organic, baby, and adorable to boot!

Love The Planet Cookie Tin, $54.95 @ Organic Style

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