Rogue Bakery Says…

Two years delivering cookies? Impossible!

May 18th, 2012

Guess what?

It’s Rogue Bakery’s second anniversary. Two years ago on May 15, 2010, Rogue Bakery made it’s first run in Columbus, delivering…cinnamon rolls. Yes, cinnamon rolls. It’s kind of ridiculous, if you think about it. There were also cookies, though. People who ordered cinnamon rolls also got cookies. Here are some pics of the first baked goods on that inaugural delivery run.

When I was in college, a surprise birthday party was thrown for a (known to be a cranky old dude) professor of mine. He was asked to give a speech, but didn’t know what to say. Then someone asked him, “How does it feel to turn 50?” He replied, “How does it feel?!? I’ll tell you how it feels. It’s weird. I don’t feel like I’m 50. I feel like I’m 18. It feels like no time as passed at all. I’m the same as I was back then, but I look in the mirror, and see that I’m older.” I feel the same way. It doesn’t seem like that first delivery happened two years ago. It seemed like it was last week. But I guess there have been quite a few events in the past two years that prove that time has passed.

Fun things that happened that prove that two years have passed

May 15 2010 – Cinnamon Roll delivery

July 2010 – Someone likes the cookies and writes about them. Read the rest of this entry »

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Eating for 8.99

May 15th, 2012

[UPDATED 6:15PM 15 May 2012]

Ever go to Earth Fare? It’s “The Healthy Supermarket”. Hey, it says so on the sign. I’m not going to argue.

 

The Columbus location opened a few weeks ago, and I went to it. I know, exciting. “Wow, you went to a Whole Foods knockoff. Way to go.” Yeah, that was pretty much my experience, too. Not that I don’t like Earth Fare. No, it’s a great store. Sort of like a 3/4ths or 1/2 scale Dublin Whole Foods. Similar layout, similar products, similar prices, just smaller. So yeah, it’s a good addition to the area if you’re into the Whole Foods thing, but live in the Polaris/Lewis Center area and don’t want to drive to Dublin or to Lane Avenue.

My sister lives in Charlotte, NC, and they currently do not have a Whole Foods (one is being built as we speak), so Earth Fare is where she goes. She always told me about this dinner night thing they have on Tuesdays, but she was never able to go. She didn’t really know what they served, or how it worked, but since she liked the prepared foods at Earth Fare, the dinner probably wasn’t so bad.

The other week, on a whim, I decided to go to the Tuesday evening “Good Olde Days” dinner, which takes place from 4:30 to 7:30pm. Read the rest of this entry »

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Guilty Pleasures? THAT TERM SHOULDN’T EXIST

May 3rd, 2012

 

[Seinfeld voice] What’s the deal with guilty pleasures? [/Seinfeld voice]

 

Really, why must there be things that give us pleasure, but cause us guilt? Why do we feel this guilt? This sounds very philosophical, doesn’t it? What’s with all the questions in this blog post???

I don’t know why we feel guilty, but I can probably narrow it down to two things: 1) people are douchebags and 2) people are douchebags. Why? Because they are the ones who tell us that the things we like aren’t things we should like. Where do they get off saying that? I’m sure it has something to do with social acceptance and blah blah blah other stuff. It shouldn’t matter to other people what we like or don’t like! [Well, unless you don't like any of the Rogue Bakery cookies. Then we really need to have a talk. ;) ]

But back to guilty pleasures…we have guilty pleasures when it comes to music, television shows, movies, etc. I also find a lot of people have food guilty pleasures. Or more accurately, foods that people like, that other people think is disgusting, or just wrong. Do you like McDonald’s, but you have friends that look at you like you’ve killed millions of innocent kittens when you admit it? Yeah, we all do. Wait, do we…? I don’t know. I hope I don’t. Then again, I don’t go around saying I like McDonald’s. I do like it, though. “But those burgers are terrible!” Well, yeah, they are, if you compare them to really well-made burgers. But it’s McDonald’s. I don’t view McDonald’s cheeseburgers as the end-all-be-all cheeseburger. I don’t even view a McDonald’s cheeseburger as a hamburger with cheese. In my mind a McDonald’s cheeseburger is, in itself, it’s own food. Like Chicken McNuggets. That’s not chicken. I can’t compare that to any part of  an oven roasted chicken, or even compare it to chicken fingers. They’re McNuggets. I’m not even sure what’s in them. It could be chicken, it could be fillers. Who knows? They’re just delicious. And I’m not just talking about McDonald’s here. I also enjoy Taco Bell. See? There’s another example of what I’m talking about. Taco Bell isn’t Mexican food. It’s just Taco Bell. Sure, you can get an authentic Mexican taco from one of the many taco trucks Columbus has to offer. But that taco is nothing like a Doritos Loco Taco, except that they are both called “tacos”. Read the rest of this entry »

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