Win A Free CBTL Kaldi Machine!

Ladies and gentlemen, get psyched. I have a VERY cool contest to present to you today (and I promise I won’t be a slacker with it). The good people at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf are giving away a free (FREE) CBTL Kaldi single-serve coffee maker (it brews tea too!). This is a $150 value, …

B-Side Blog Is Back On The Grid! Also, A Contest Update

As some of you may have noticed, I haven’t posted anything on this blog in nearly a week. That’s because I spent four days sans laptop, thus rendering me powerless as a blogger. The good news is that my laptop and I have been reunited, and now I can resume normal blogging activities. First things …

Win A Signed Cookbook From Rocco DiSpirito!

Rocco’s Dinner Party may be wrapping up tonight (with special guest star Lucille II, aka Liza Minelli), but that doesn’t mean he has to disappear out of your life. I’m giving away a signed copy of his cookbook Now Eat This!, which boasts “150 of America’s Favorite Comfort Foods All Under 350 Calories.” In the …

Win Your Very Own Beauty Express Brow Kit from Anastasia of Beverly Hills!

“Beauty Express” brow-kit instructional video from Anastasia Beverly Hills on Vimeo. Ladies, do you like to pluck? Then this contest is for you! Just write a haiku about brow plucking in the comments, and the best one will win a free Beauty Express Brow Kit from Anastasia of Beverly Hills (as seen in the above …

ADVENTURES IN DOMESTICITY: Oxo Garlic Peeler Cook-Off Edition

Back in late April, I posted about Oxo’s garlic peeler, promising that I’d give a free one away to whomever submitted the best tasting garlic-centric recipe. I shockingly did not receive a huge amount of submissions, but nevertheless, there were entries, and I did eventually whittle them down to two finalists. The contenders: RachWho?’s Roasted …

Kennedys Winner Chosen!

Last month, I implored readers to submit haikus about the Reelz channel miniseries The Kennedys. Winners would receive a free copy of the entire production. Well, I haven’t forgotten about the contest. In fact, I’ve chosen a winner. And the winning haiku is… There should be a drink Inspired by the Kennedys Is that in …