Eat Five, They’re Small

If you’re trying to cut back on Oreo cookies, maybe you could just eat Mini-Oreos instead. Each is a little over half the diameter of a regular Oreo and weighs only a fifth as much. On the other hand, Nabisco says it developed the bite-sized version because consumers said they loved to eat Oreos “by the handful.”

Why Is This Soy Sauce Different?

San-J soy sauces now carry the K in a circle that indicates that the contents are kosher. The Organic Whole Soybean Tamari (Wheat Free) could lead to a craze for teriyaki at Passover.

Egg Creams by Mail

Wherever they go, transplanted New Yorkers bemoan the absence of egg creams. For them, and for anyone else who wants to know what the shouting is about, the spring Hammacher Schlemmer catalogue will feature Jeff’s Amazing New York Chocolate Egg Cream, a bottled edition of this cousin of the chocolate soda (suspiciously close to a chocolate soda here, since Jeff includes milk and cream): 24 10-ounce bottles for $29.95.

More Chocolate News

The Boston Chapter of the Chaine des Rotisseurs gourmet society has probably smashed every remaining gastronomic taboo. Its dinner last October showcased an appetizer of goose liver in three forms, “one bound in cabbage and dipped in poppy seed, another rolled in black pepper, the third rolled in brioche and fried. The sauce was a blend of bittersweet chocolate, Port wine, Sherry vinegar and vanilla oil.”