News
What’s worse than fruitcake? Moldy fruitcake. Especially when it’s intended for dogs. Claudia’s Canine Cuisine is voluntarily recalling Dog Candy Fruit Hound Cake (7.5oz) and Dog Candy Blueberry Hound Cake (7.5oz) because of potential mold...
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In a world of media spin, hype, and product placements, one newspaper in Omaha, Nebraska, America’s Heartland, is taking a stand at Christmas by publishing the pure, unvarnished truth: This answers the age-old questions: Where does fruitcake come from? Who...
News, Traditions
We received a rather disturbing email in the office this week: We’re at it again! Nov. 10, this time! Pecans are falling & pear preserves are made. Wish you could be here! Fruitcake Sylvia For those of you who are not familiar with Sylvia, she is one of the...
News, Random stuff
We’ve known for some time that the number of fruitcake lovers in the US had to be pretty low. How low? According to Facebook, there are 1,740 people in the United States who like fruitcake. (Click for bigger size) Now that this important question has been...
News, Random stuff
Guest post by Leafydebater Newsvine.com Columnist SCRANTON: In the middle of a lull between lunch and dinner rushes, a man burst into a pastry store this afternoon and demanded a large sum of money, holding a gun to the store clerk’s head. A man held a fruitcake...
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There was a wedding in the UK today, and for some reason, people all over the world were spellbound as a guy from an antiquated monarchy married a lovely young woman in a ceremony that reeked of Narnia and fairy tales, filled with lace, trains, and centuries of...