"crispy rice" news and stories

What are the best and worst fillings that you'll find in your Halloween candy this year? Cracked.com investigates.

Naturally, they pick "caramel" for the best category, and they're OK with nougut too. But don't even mention the words "peanuts" or "coconut." Not only do they believe the peanuts don't belong in candy bars, they wonder "why would anyone voluntarily eat coconut?"

Hey, I kinda like coconut in my candy, within reason. In an Almond Joy or Mounds or in a Whitman's sampler? Thumbs up! But when they start adding it to candy bars that have peanut butter in them...ugh.

But I think we can all agree on razor blades.

This month's Saveur magazine has a small story about a new cookbook called The Breakfast Cereal Gourmet. The book, shaped like a cereal box, is the work of David Hoffman, who includes 31 recipes for foods that are made from regular breakfast cereals. However, we're not just talking about Rice Krispies Treats and Corn Flakes-crusted oven fried chicken. The author cook includes recipes from chefs like Annie Miller (Clementine, Los Angeles) and Rick Bayless (Topolobampo and Frontera Grill, Chicago), and have the requirement that the food has to benefit from the inclusion of the cereal, not just have the cereal as some sort of gimmick or garnish.

I'm sure the book has great recipes, and I've certainly tried incorporating bran cereal into a muffin, but I'm just curious as to what other things one could make with breakfast cereals like Cap'n Crunch, Honeycombs, and Pops.