With the warmer weather, we found ourselves thinking of ice cream. Of course, we could always go for Toscanini's or JP Licks, but we've been waiting for a treat to show up in our grocery freezer - the Stephen-Colbert-inspired Ben & Jerry's flavor "AmeriCone Dream." "AmeriCone Dream" was a big deal on the Colbert Report because Stephen Colbert was miffed that Ben & Jerry's dared to release Willie Nelson's Country Peach Cobbler at the same......

Bostonist says skip the box of Russell Stovers, the $300 10-course prix fixe, wine not included, even skip those fuzzy pink monkeys holding feather-petaled roses from the 7-11, and show your love with premium meat products! That's right! Stay in with your sweetie and cook up a big choucroute garnie, the classic Alsatian winter dish of sauerkraut and sausages. To prepare choucroute garnie does not require any real kitchen wizardry; in fact, it's quite open......

Bostonist is always on the lookout for funky beverages, alcoholic or otherwise. One nonalcoholic beverage, Enviga, is causing a stir in New England. Enviga claims to help people burn calories. The Attorney General of Connecticut, Richard Blumenthal, isn't buying it. He has been questioning Coca-Cola and Nestle's claims that the green-tea beverage, in the words of a Coca-Cola spokesman, "invigorates your metabolism to gently burn calories." If you want to "gently burn calories," a walk......

The Lunar New Year is upon us. Outside the rain that’s been falling all day is starting to turn into ice (prediction is for some snow by the morning). To celebrate the year of the rooster Bostonist is preparing some Jiaozi at home due to the weather. Jiaozi is a traditional food eaten on the Chinese New Year. Jiaozi are boiled dumplings, a boiled version of potstickers and symbolize family reunion, so make them......