K Chocolatier's K HIBALLS ~ are filled with Blue Label or Ketel One ~ dark chocolate and crispy sugary layer with quite the burst of liquor - OMG. A variation of the choc recipe once exclusive to Emperor Franz Josef...

ATYPYK's Sugarcubes ~ shaped as chocolates!

Abdominal muscle bars - by Jean-Paul Hevin

Tales of the Cocktail 2008 is coming! Taking over New Orleans July 16-20

Design*Sponge goes in the kitchen with... Jen Altman ~ and she shows us how to make Chocolate & Walnut Mandelbrot - incredibly beautiful photographs.

'paravent' by mona hatoum at art basel 2008 - a space divider for those who really love their cheese graters... or grating other larger things...

Got up close with the Veuve Clicquot Karim Rashid Globalight tonight at its LA launch party at the W in Westwood... crazy scene, check out the pics.

Kacper Hamilton’s theatrically sinful 7 Deadly Glasses - are glassy manifestations of all your favorite sins ~ above you see Sloth...

Since i've been a bit behind while traveling, here's a super roundup of some of the most popular 100 from NOTCOT, TasteSpotting, and NotCouture from the last few weeks...

Easy PB&J jar design ~ two lids! so when its all stuck on the bottom, just flip! Genius? by skforlee

The Lush Life ~ cocktail bars are all the rage in manhattan (we popped by a few ourselves on the recent trip!) ~ check out this nice list that Mike Arauz has put together

Polyface Farm ~ once you hear how they run their fully sustainable farm, and you taste their chickens/pork/eggs/etc ~ i dare you to try and eat industrially farmed animals again...

Mike and Maaike have taken on Charcoal and the old messy bbq process with their new product for Lazzari, where the packaging for the coal becomes a part of the process, and is completely recycled!

Frying pans and Blini pans just for the vegetarians... cast iron pans with leafy textures for everything you make in them ~ discovered during Hardcore Exhibition at ICFF featuring Finnish design

TAST.ES ~ incredibly gorgeous designer catering ware... really, you will never look at party throwing the same way again, the soup/shot/dessert bowls are my favorite by far... check out the whole collection

I knew that Pom was switching its pom tea glasses into plastic bottles... but somehow i missed that you could get Pom Pills now... cute packaging.

Can the stirrer make the party? I fell for the 10 Cane Rum Monkey Stirrers at the Housewarming party by Matter/I.D./Smallpond on friday...

Tina Tsang of Undergrowth Design gives tea parties that needed edge, while maintaining the dainty details... gorgeous handmade tea set with legs wearing golden shoes to grasp.

I found the Egg Soldier Eggcups by Reiko Kaneko at the ICFF designboom mart! And they are even more adorable and ready to wage war on your bread egg soldiers in person!

Great article at the NYTimes (with video!) : Knife Skills: Creating Feasts for the Eyes

Hands on review with Activate Drinks ~ really a packaging close up of these "vitamin drinks" where the vitamins are in the cap until you release them into the water, and then it changes colors... see my video!

Quick post i did for PC.com on some places to find recipes online - and the laptop as your digital cookbook of sorts - including TasteSpotting!

Best of ~ top 25 from TasteSpotting in the last week as well as the tops across the NOTCOT network...

Fresh Garbanzo Beans - in their pod!

Wow - Direct Designs's Notebook Portable Grill - it folds up to nearly nothing! And is in the under $50 range... nice for impromptu grilling...

Jose De La O ~ has this gorgeous Anti-Fly Sphere Device - alternative to a plastic bag full of water hanging from the ceiling of several taco kiosks, a traditional way to scare flies away in Mexico.

For the hungry fencers in your life - BBQ Sword - the perfect saber for roasting anything from marshmallows to hotdogs - or skewering your foe.

An alternative to the many adorable CakePops ~ Cakesicle pan!

Interesting Yogurt spoon to get every last bite out of the corners - by Nojae Park

Kitchen Workstation by Schulte Design - Ooooh a giant woody rolling kitchen island, with built in sockets and an ideal laptop hiding space!

MOTHER'S DAY is Sunday! I just panicked, but Delight saved me, and has extended a discount for you guys as well ~ with their gorgeous gift wrapping, and great service, i totally trust them for mom gifts.

Not cool Cynthia Rowley/TARGET ~ what were you thinking?!?! Ripping off and cheapening an already affordable product - Fred's extremely popular Ice Kabobs???

Izona by Fisher & Paykel - Beautiful CookSurface! - When not in use, the burners sit virtually flush with the sheer ceramic surface, giving you large and easy-to-clean work surface

Sorapot! This teapot we've all lusted after for 3 years is finally here ~ check out the unboxing! (as well as pics from the factory... this one is a true testament of how a design blog can help designers!)

Hijos de Villa Tequila Gun - taking a literal spin on the packing options for Tequila Shots...

Gary Paul Nabhan compiled a list of endangered plants and animals like the moon and stars watermelon that are nearly extinct in the marketplace and encourages people to save and eat them.

Best of the week across the NOTCOT sites - and the start of a roundup of the many incredible April Daring Baker Cheesecake Pops!

Federated Media unofficial after party ended up at Mel's Drive In last night... and when challenged, i couldn't help but order the bizarre Apple Pie with CHEESE a la mode...

Hedy Cup - Designed by English designer Hannah Morrow living in LA - beautiful bone china cup - Super thin, the sunlight shines through the walls, 3 3/4" high by 2 3/4" wide

Happy Earth Day! On ways to go green - i'm loving this bright grassy spring sigg bottle! It's a custom design part of the Delight "Green As Can Be BOLD & BRIGHT Gift Set" that comes with a starter set of reusable shopping bags.

RuMe - here's an early earth day sneak peek and hands on review of the latest reusable bag option launching tomorrow...

Roundup Time of week ~ 25 of the most popular posts from each site on the NOTCOT network this week

news of a $1,000 foie gras sushi roll called, of course, the High Roller. It’ll be served at Koi... wow.

Solution found! Here's how you're supposed to use the top of the 1800 Silver Select Tequila as a Shot Glass! (video!)... i was a bit confused about this in #14742... and i finally tried it - its delicious!