gourmet chocolate chip cookie

"Mom's Magnificent Lobster Feast" gift package makes a unique gift just in time for Mother's Day. New gift idea features sweet lobster tails, crab cakes and chocolate cake.

"Lobster Gram is continually striving to achieve fun and unique gift ideas of a variety of gourmet baskets for its customers, to ensure we have something to offer for every occasion, and our "Mom's Magnificent Lobster Feast" is a great example.

A sweet discovery

2205 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors; 954-564-2987; 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays. tothemoonmarketplace.com.



Owner: Antonio Dumas



Wow factor: With more than 6,000 items in 1,100 square feet, Dumas stocks hard-to-find candy and other confections from 42 countries and every region of the United States. There are also gag gifts, novelties and gourmet foods.



Editor's picks: I grew up in Canada and found two chocolate bars -- as we call candy bars back home -- from my childhood: Sweet Marie ($1.79) and Coffee Crisp (99 cents). But there is candy from Austria, Germany and Israel to name just a few. Stateside, To the Moon has Choward's Violet Scented Gum (99 cents) from New York, Pearson's Nut Goodie bars (99 cents) from Minnesota and Abba Zabba bars (99 cents) from California.

So You Can't Cook

The other day I received a very interesting personal message from sandra in which she politely reminded me that not everyone is like YumSugar and myself. There are some people, my mom and geeksugar included, who do not cook and there is nothing wrong with that. It's simply that they have no interest in getting down and dirty in the kitchen. geeksugar even confessed that when she follows the recipe exactly as stated on the back of the tollhouse chocolate chip bag, her cookies come out flat and inedible. Well what happens when the geeksugars, sandras, and souschefs (my mom) of the world want to host a party? They order in. Virtually every major supermarket has a pre-cooked, readymade section of gourmet dishes and appetizers, cheese plates and pasta salads. And if you are one of those people who despises grocery shopping as much as you do cooking, check out the appetizer store an online market where you pick the hors d'oeurves and they are delivered to your door.

Trust puts emphasis on youngest players

Cox said: “We tried it and carried it on and it went well for a year, but what happened was more and more children wanted to get involved because the way we ran it was different to other local leagues.“We try to keep a lid on parent behaviour, whereas unfortunately with other local leagues there was a problem. That then started creeping into our leagues and we began to have problems with parents from other leagues because our parents had been cocooned and it was a different ball game away from the CYFL.“There were other things too that were out of our control with the hiring of pitches and games being called off."A new 30-week programme will start in the summer with almost 600 children expected to enrol. Call 01473 400500 for more details.

Morgan Spurlock Splurges at Per Se, Loves Peanut-Butter Doughnuts

What do diners do when Morgan Spurlock, director of Super Size Me, is sitting at the next table? "They'll either watch what I'm eating," says Spurlock, "or they'll start to make excuses for what they're eating." No need for apologies, it turns out; though he hasn't eaten a Big Mac since the film (he's currently finishing shooting a second documentary), Spurlock enjoys a burger as much as the next guy. This week he and his wife, who just "spawned and swam across the river" to Park Slope, were especially indulgent. "You're supposed to gain sympathy weight when your wife is pregnant, but I've put on more weight since we've had the kid." So where did he pack on the pounds this week? .

COME-SEE-ME FESTIVAL EVENTS

The Come-See-Me festival in Rock Hill runs through Saturday. For more information, visit www.comeseeme.rockhill.net or call 803-329-7625:

Sundaes with Glen and Mother Goose, 3-4:30 p.m., Glencairn Garden.

Republican puts out 'action alert' claiming Rice will be ...

Meanwhile, a Republican Congressman sent out an "action alert" claiming that "we've gotten word that Waxman will issue a subpoena to Secretary Rice tomorrow morning," adding that such a move could allow the GOP to show how Democrats are "trying to win the political war for themselves no matter its effect on Americas efforts to promote peace and democracy abroad."

He was responding to an inquiry regarding whether or not Rice would agree to testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform prior to the Memorial Day recess, as requested by Rep.

Worship notes: Unitarians study moral politics

Rainer Hoenicke, a systems ecologist and member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of North Bay, speaks to the Fellowship Sunday on "Moral Politics and How Societies Choose to Fall or Succeed — Lessons for Unitarian Universalists." The Fellowship meets at 11 a.m. at the Boys & Girls Club of Napa Valley, 1515 West Pueblo Ave., Napa. Child care is provided. Info, 252-1885.Napa Valley Center for Spiritual Living The Rev. Janet Garvey-Stanvik continues her April talks about Awakenings, the process of dying to the old and welcoming the new. Services are at 9 and 10:30 a.m. with a youth program at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, there is a special concert by David Zasloff, musician and comedian, at 12:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary, 1249 Coombs St. ($15 suggested). Showings of "The Secret" continue April 29, following both services in the conference room, 1227 Coombs; and April 26 at 6:15 p.m.