A neighborhood guy named Humza played music out of his van and sold mix tapes he had made.
Now the company sells mixes for chocolate cakes and sugar cookies nationwide at stores like Whole Foods and SuperTarget.
At the Eden Kitchen one main item (say, roast salmon or chicken wrapped in prosciutto) with salad costs £7.95; for kids the "grab a bag" (wraps, hummus, juice or water, fruit) costs £5.95; a juice bar sells mixes from £3.50.
It's not like she's been untainted by commerce so far -- her books are huge sellers, and she sells mixes for donuts and cakes and the such -- but come on... tequila lime chicken?
This last option is what America's Test Kitchen recommends, concluding that "meat markets haven't been selling meatloaf mix (a mix of beef, pork and veal, usually in equal proportions of all of these) for nothing … the best meatloaves were made from the combination of these three meats".
Kapok (5 St. Francis Yard; 852-2549-9254; ka-pok.blogs.com) is a creative hub, selling whatever mix of jewelry, housewares and clothing Arnault Castel, the owner, finds interesting.
The charity is to test out six 'super saver' stores selling its mix of donated books, fashion and homewares, more cheaply than in its regular outlets.
In 1982, Mr. Tibbetts signed a deal to distribute Equal, the brand name of aspartame, a low-calorie sweetener, and began selling tea mix sweetened with aspartame.
Although he was in charge at the time, he said selling a mix of licensed and unlicensed pieces in the same store "was a cloudy area.
He's already selling the mix to several people, and is seeking funding.
