A new article about the business side of Pocky, the chocolate covered cookie stick loved by many, is up on my new site Just My Japan. I thought about putting it on this site sinc it’s about a food product, but it’s more about the marketing and production of the…
I was watching a video on “shows that should never have been made” and one of the abominations that was featured was a show that I had the faintest recollection of from my youth. That show was “Pink Lady (and Jeff)” and I personally never watched it, but saw it…
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Don’t you just love Pocky? Those little crunchy sticks of sweetened bliss are quite addictive. It’s hard for me to leave my local Asian market without a few boxes for my nieces and nephews. The trouble is, in an attempt to “be good”, I leave myself out. Long story short, the nieces and nephews rarely see those well intentioned boxes of Pocky. Once I open a box, it is downhill from there. Awhile back, I stumbled on this excellent tutorial from making Pocky from scratch. And that very week, I began making batch after delicious batch to give as gifts and for snacking. While I love that recipe and method, I kept thinking the process could be simplified for those that…
