Tired of burning your tongue on coffee only to have it get cold a few minutes later? With the Coffee Joulies Gift Pack your coffee will be ready to drink in minutes and will stay that way for hours. Each polished stainless steel shell is filled with a special phase change material that melts at 140°F. Put them inside the custom-printed thermos and they absorb heat from your coffee when it is too hot and release it back into your coffee to keep it at the perfect temperature

Uber Review: If you find figuring out how much spaghetti you need to cook for a meal, you might want to take a look at this Icelandic spaghetti measurer. It starts with a kids’ portion and ends with a horse-sized portion.

Available in green plastic, white plastic and stainless steel.

Eat a Horse, Can You? This Spaghetti Measurer Has You Covered [Uber Review]

Springwise: Restolib’ has established partnerships with more than ten restaurants in Paris, with an agreement that they may use the premises of those establishments after the restaurants have closed. The company makes use of those commercial kitchens to hold a wide variety of cooking classes, wine tasting sessions, table decoration workshops, cocktails classes and more, for both individuals and companies. Restolib’ also offers the opportunity for anyone to show off their skills by acting as chef for a night for a group of their friends, with coaching and help from one of the company’s own chefs. Cooking class pricing begins at EUR 40 for a two-hour session.

Offering restaurants a way to monetize their off-hours, while delivering on-site cooking experiences in the most authentic of locations, Restolib’ may just have hit upon a sweet spot in the culinary world. Restaurateurs and chefs around the globe: how about starting something similar near you?

In Paris, cooking classes & events in closed restaurants [Springwise]

Springwise: Interested consumers begin by investing EUR 100 in Buitengewone Varkens’ pigs, which are bred sustainably and allowed to live naturally outdoors in the Dutch forests and fields. Farmers, in turn, are paid fair wages for the work they perform. Investors, meanwhile, receive the right to pork products over the next three years — including chorizo, dry sausage, pate, coppa and ham — along with tickets to events, for a total value of EUR 150. Opportunities for restaurateurs are also available.

A crowdfunding model for pork products [Springwise]

UberReview: The AK Ice Cube Tray allows you to produce 10 ice bullets that look pretty much the same as the real thing (except that they are made out of ice not brass). As a bonus, the tray itself looks like the magazine from an AK-47.

I’m impressed, though I think that Think Geek might be mistaken in stating that the ice bullets are “6.5mm long” (either that or their wrinkly-fingered hand model has really tiny hands) – maybe they are referring to the actual bullet and not the casing.

Bullet-Shaped Ice Cubes Will Make Your Drink Look Better [UberReview]

Bhut Jolokia is hot! It happens to be the hottest pepper in the world and the company Bhut Pepper, based in Brooklyn, New York has introduced its sweeter side with their Bhut Jolokia Spicy Watermelon Candy.

Here’s what you need to know. The Bhut Jolokia, aka “the ghost pepper,” scores over a million on the Scoville spiciness rating scale—the highest ever recorded. (Your last jalapeño: around 5,000.) In its native India, it’s used to ward off elephants and to incapacitate rioters—so, naturally, someone’s gone and turned it into candy.

Idea contributed by Jay Sheldon. Thanks!

Inhabitat: Now here’s an idea we can really sink our teeth into. Designer Siren Elise Wilhelmsen seeks to revolutionize the concept of the spoon, (which, let’s face it, hasn’t seen much improvement in the past hundred years or so), with her incredible edible bread spoons. Not only is the idea smart, funny, and kind of cute, it also looks like it tastes really good, especially with a bowl of soup. Not to mention the fact that these biodegradable utensils leave a lot less waste than their plastic counterparts, which is none at all if the user is hungry enough.

Bread Spoons are Biodegradable (and Delicious) Utensils You Can Eat [Inhabitat]

Gizmodiva: Who doesn’t want a slice of the royal wedding? Everyone does but everyone won’t; except if you’re on your way to Papa John’s. Prince William and Kate Middleton will be amused to see an edible version of them made of cheese, salamis, mushrooms and such tasty ingredients. The odd pizza has been created by food artists working for Papa John’s as a way of celebrating the forthcoming marriage.

Royal Couple look Yummy in Pizza Portrait [Gizmodiva]

Springwise: Evenings spent at a busy party or bar can often cause drinkers to lose track of their beverages. Wine drinkers already have wine charms to identify their glasses, and now — thanks to BeerTag — there’s an equivalent for beer drinkers too.

The company claims that 32 percent of US beer drinkers resort to ripping the label of their beer bottle in order to mark it as their own in a social setting; 46 percent, meanwhile, choose a particular spot to set it down in so as to keep closer track of it. Chicago-based BeerTag, however, hopes to end all that with a distinctive — and even advertising-ready — sleeve that fits over the neck of a beer bottle to identify whose it is.

Brandable sleeves help consumers mark their bottle of beer [Springwise]

Los Angeles Times: Baby food is no longer just mushy, creamy, bland stuff in little jars. That couldn’t be more apparent at the Natural Products Expo.

Manufacturers are now promoting baby food enhanced with probiotics, vitamins and minerals and “hidden” vegetables. One maker of premier, healthy baby foods — Happy Baby — has grown from being in five stores three years ago to 5,000 today.

Gerber, that old standby, has a line of certified-organic products such as organic brown rice. Natural, low-sugar juices for babies and toddlers are also hot items, as are healthier snacks.

Baby food gets healthier. Let’s just call it baby cuisine [Los Angeles Times]

Suntimes: Want a treat to go with your Starbucks coffee but can’t afford the 490 calories in a slice of iced lemon pound cake? The coffee chain this week added a “petites” line of bakery treats for under 200 calories and priced $1.50.

The tiny lemon squares, caramel squares, cake pops (bites of cake on sticks, like lollipops), mini cupcakes and whoopie pies are among items the Seattle-based coffee shop chain is adding in as part of its 40th anniversary revamp. It also debuted a new logo.

Other new products include a cocoa cappuccino and a special four-bean coffee blend.

The sweet petites line plays to the snacking trend on which fast-food companies are capitalizing. The treats will hit most store bakery cases starting at 11 a.m. and will be offered while supplies last.

Starbucks selling tinier treats weighing in under 200 calories [Suntimes]

Fancy a pizza kit from GalloLea Organics? It’s a homemade pizza in a bag. Gluten free or whole wheat, it makes a pizza in 30 minutes. Included is a round piece of parchment paper to build it on, and it goes into the oven on it, makes it easy. Great for kids/family/everyone that loves pizza! Delicious and organic.

Thanks Susan Devitt for the tip!

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Derry Church Artisan Chocolates hand-produce world-class French style chocolate bon bons. They make a point on their website to note that their delicious gourmet chocolates are produced in small batches, by human beings, not machines. Who might they be comparing themselves to? They also use 100% organic and natural ingredients (and all their cream and butter comes from local PA dairy farms).

Derry Church Artisan Chocolates [Josh Spear.com]