Talk about a trend gone amuck… The Dial Corporation has taken food to a place it doesn’t belong, the bathroom…

There’s the new Dial Cranberry body wash with anti-oxidants (see video), and then there ‘s the new line of yogurt and honey body wash…

It isn’t really clear to me how you benefit from washing yourself with food as opposed to eating it, but as we all know there’s a push to have food be more than just than tasty..

But someone still needs to explain the benefits of washing with cranberries…

Leave your thoughts in the comments section…

Title: St. Michael’s Maryland Food & Wine Festival
Location: St. Michaels, Maryland
Link out: Click here
Description: The premier food and wine festival of the Mid-Atlantic is held on the beautiful waterfront campus of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels. Join us for cooking demonstrations with celebrity chefs, wine tastings with world renowned vintners, enjoy live entertainment and sample food from an array of specialty purveyors. Share your passion for great food and excellent wines and spirits during this special weekend.
Start Date: 2009-04-24
End Date: 2009-04-26

If you haven’t noticed, cupcakes are all the rage… Just back from Los Angels where on a Sunday night at 5:30 a good 50 people (see photo) were waiting in line to plop down $4 for a cupcake… I don’t have a problem with it, I’m glad to see folks out spending a few dollars in pursuit of a small piece of happiness…

We all know the big players in the cupcake business, and if you don’t they would be: Sprinkles, Magnolia Bakery and Kara’s…

The LA Time this past weekend even published a map and directions for a cupcake crawl… The list includes addresses, phone numbers and links to all the shops…

I can tell you having just returned from the City of Angels, nothing beats Vanilla Bake Shop in Santa Monica…

There’s even a top ten list of best cupcakes in Los Angeles…

Another website has suggested the cupcake business might even be recession proof…

I know everyone doesn’t live in LA or San Francisco for that matter, so we here at Screaming Fresh would love to hear about the great cupcake shops out there… Send us the info and a photo and we’ll give them the plug they deserve…

I’m not a fool… I know there’s no such thing as a healthy doughnut… But there are things you can do to make it better for you…

Tuesday night I was at an EcoMom Alliance event where the host served Dee’s Mini Organic Doughnuts… Dee’s are fresh hand dipped organic doughnuts made just North of San Francisco… The ingredients are certified organic and free of preservatives, hydrogenated oils, trans fats, colorings and artificial flavors.

Maybe I drank the Flavor-Aid, but they really were a better tasting doughnut… But how bad can a doughnut be?

I would rank them among the best doughnut’s I’ve ever had… Who makes the best doughnuts you’ve ever had?

Leave the name of your favorite doughnut in the comments section… And I’ll do my best to check them all out…

While searching for the next big trend, my sources tell me butter sales are on the rise… More requests not only for traditional butter, but for more exotic types including goat milk butter and ghee, aka clarified butter…

My guess is it has something to do with the return of comfort foods which in my experience always go heavy on the butter…

I have to be honest, until today I had never heard of goat milk butter, but a little research turned up more than a few makers of the stuff…

So why goats milk?

According to several sites it not a problem for those with lactose issues, contains 13% more calcium than cow’s milk, 47% more vitamin A, 134% more potassium, 350% more niacin and never contains BGH…

Have a favorite butter, a fan of goat milk or some insight into where this is all headed, let us know in the comments section….

In this week’s effort to find something new a the market I picked up Trader Joe’s Valencia Peanut Butter with Roasted Flaxseed… The label mentions it contains 320mg ALA Omega-3 per serving, so it must be good for you…

Like most peanut butter it’s not light on calories or fat, but has a very different flavor…

Slightly sweeter than peanut butter, clearly tastes of flaxseed with a salty finish… It’s not the best peanut butter I’ve ever, but it’s a nice change… Keeps with the new trend of jamming as much nutrition into your food as possible…

Some ideas just seem bad on the surface… But if airlines giving away free booze is the start of a new trend, no better occasion than Valentines Day…

Southwest Airlines has announced that in conjunction with Finlandia Vodka they’ll be giving away free Finlandia and juice cocktails on February 14th… Because what really says I love you like a free cocktail at 8 AM….

But better yet, on St. Patrick’s Day it’s complimentary beer day…

The insert in my Southwest seat pocket read…

“At Southwest Airlines we enjoy spending the holidays with you. When you’re onboard during festivals, enjoy one of our spirited selects on the house.”