What About Watermelon?

THE RISE OF THE MINI WATERMELON

As it relates to food, what’s the worst day of the year? For me, it isn’t the day after Halloween (when I wake up with a sugar hangover after raiding my daughter’s candy supply the night before) or the day after an all-day pig out session on Thanksgiving. It’s the day the bin of watermelons … [Read more...]

HOW TO CREATE A WATERMELON SMOOTHIE WITH A DRILL AND A COAT HANGER

If you’re like me, you’re always on the lookout for tips and tricks designed to make your life a little easier. On the Internet, those tricks have taken the form of “life hack” videos. The thinking behind the videos: Just as you can hack a computer to make it do whatever you’d like it to do, you can … [Read more...]

THANKSGIVING RECIPE: WATERMELON CHECKERS!

For some, the question of when to arrive for Thanksgiving dinner is a tricky one. Arrive too late, and you have to rush through the greetings before eating, or worse yet, you show up while everyone is eating. (Save me a drumstick!) You might think the safe bet is to get there early, but that … [Read more...]

ANIMALS EATING WATERMELON: A GUINEA PIG, A MAN, AND AN ITTY BITTY TURTLE

This will be my last blog entry before Thanksgiving, so I’d like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very happy holiday. Hopefully, you’re spending it with good friends and family (or at least good food). In honor of the number one eating holiday, I’ve assembled a buffet of videos for … [Read more...]

SECOND SLICE: BE THE BEST HOUSE ON THE BLOCK WITH THESE WATERMELON CANDIES

I love watermelon so much, I’ve actually considered giving away wedges of watermelon to the kids who stop by our house on Halloween. After all, people give away oranges and apples to trick-or-treaters – or at least they used to – and watermelon makes just as a nice snack. Besides, fresh watermelon … [Read more...]

RECIPE: WATERMELON FETA BRUSCHETTA

By now, regular readers of this blog are well aware of the delectable combination of feta cheese and watermelon. Sweet meets salty and the result is deliciousness, plain and simple. This week’s recipe makes great use of both ingredients as toppings on slices of grilled French bread. Of course, … [Read more...]

VINTAGE PHOTOS: ATTACK OF THE GIANT WATERMELON

I don’t know why, but 100 years ago, people were really fascinated with giant watermelon. I’m talking about comically huge watermelons, created with some slick photography tricks and illustrations. Don’t believe me? The postcards below are proof. Like this postcard notes, this is … [Read more...]

TRICK OR TREAT! KIDS’ WATERMELON COSTUMES FOR HALLOWEEN

Halloween is fast approaching. Thankfully, my days of dressing up for the occasion are over, because I have no idea what costume I’d wear (a zombie pirate). My wife and I do, however, have to figure out what our three-year-old will dress up as. In the past, she’s been a bumblebee and a princess. … [Read more...]

ENTER TO WIN THIS ADORABLE HALLOWEEN COSTUME!

Yesterday I wrote about watermelon-themed kids’ Halloween costumes, which makes today’s blog entry especially well-timed and exciting. The National Watermelon Promotion Board has teamed up with Totally Costumes to give away some adorable Watermelon Plush Belly Toddler costumes (size 4-6). That’s a … [Read more...]

QUOTES REWRITTEN: BIGGER IS BETTER

The title of this post says it all when it comes to my philosophy about food. Bigger is always better. When I have a bowl of ice cream, it’s three or four scoops instead of one or two. When I have a burger, it’s a double cheeseburger instead of a puny single cheeseburger. And when I have watermelon, … [Read more...]