Halloween is fast approaching. Thankfully, my days of dressing up for the occasion are over, because I have no idea what costume I’d wear (a zombie pirate). My wife and I do, however, have to figure out what our three-year-old will dress up as. In the past, she’s been a bumblebee and a princess. … [Read more...]

Yesterday I wrote about watermelon-themed kids’ Halloween costumes, which makes today’s blog entry especially well-timed and exciting. The National Watermelon Promotion Board has teamed up with Totally Costumes to give away some adorable Watermelon Plush Belly Toddler costumes (size 4-6). That’s a … [Read more...]

The title of this post says it all when it comes to my philosophy about food. Bigger is always better. When I have a bowl of ice cream, it’s three or four scoops instead of one or two. When I have a burger, it’s a double cheeseburger instead of a puny single cheeseburger. And when I have watermelon, … [Read more...]

I’m a huge fan of sandwiches whose names are abbreviated by simple letters. PBJ and BLT’s are two of the best ones. You can’t really combine those sandwiches though. I once tried a PBB. It wasn’t terrible, but it was definitely better than the PBLT. Another tasty letter sandwich is the BCWTP – or … [Read more...]

You might not think it would be, but October is a busy month for the National Watermelon Promotion Board. The flurry of activity was capped off this past weekend with the annual Marine Corps Marathon in Arlington, Virginia. The Marine Corps Marathon was created in 1976. With 30,000 runners from … [Read more...]

Yes, Halloween isn’t until tomorrow, but I’m posting this today because I’m not really sure when most people read these blog entries. (I could post it tomorrow, but you might read it on November 1, and there’s nothing worse than expired holiday greetings.) Continuing a tradition I started a few … [Read more...]

Two weeks ago, I asked you to cast your votes for the “People’s Choice” award in this year’s Watermelon Carving Contest. Nearly 40 carvings faced off for your votes (more than 1,200 votes were cast), and the winner is … Donna L.’s turtle carving! Below is Donna’s winning carving. When she … [Read more...]

Fighting hunger has always been a cause I’ve been passionate about. That’s why I was very happy to learn that the National Watermelon Promotion Board and several other fruit and veggie producers had teamed up with Feeding America and Sony Pictures on a special promotion surrounding the new movie … [Read more...]