Yummy Magazine has a tasty way, among many others, of celebrating its 3rd-year anniversary in the business of food magazine publishing. I’m referring to its collaboartion with one of the most-loved popcorn brands recently – Chef Tony’s.

Yummy Magazine Popcorn

Yummy Magazine and Chef Tony’s Popcorn will release a new flavor – Southern French Herbs with Cream Cheese come June. A new flavor specially created for YUMMY, it has the tangy taste of the said southern French herbs; and of course, cream cheese.

Although I favor a shorter and more catchy flavor name (for commercial purposes as well), the flavor does not fall short of the brand.

I opened one last night and consumed almost a third of the tub. Feel free to share as it tends to be too salty in time.

Southern French Herbs with Cream Cheese

Yummy - Chef Tony's Popcorn

I was actually surprised when I first heard about the Yummy popcorn, as I was not aware Chef Tony was open to customizing flavors and co-branding. I think this open concept would eventually be tapped by other foodie brands as well in the near future.

Congratulations to Yummy for it’s 3rd-year of satisfying and feeding foodies like NomNom with tasty information  through their printed and online foodie magazine.

Yummy Magazine Southern French Herbs-Cream Cheeze Chef Tony's Popcorn

You can grab a YUMMY popcorn tub in any Chef Tony’s Popcorn outlets for only P200 this June 2010.

In conclusion to the recent Yummy 2010 Planner giveaway, Yummy Magazine Associate Publisher Ms. Fran Haw has sent her winning choice comment-entry earlier.

She was initially torn between three entries including Stonibert Lim‘s and Don‘s. However, there should only be one winner, and that is — Ms. Iris Pulga with her winning comment-entry as early as the first day of the contest:

Yummy 2010 Planner Contest Winner

Congratulations Iris! You will be contacted via your comment & subscription  email (which means you will also be receiving this email post  🙂 ).

Thank you all for participating, subscribing and being Facebook Fanpage and Facebook group members! You will be updated with the latest nomnom adventures, contests, and tips for the whole of 2010!

Happy New Year 2010!

As we greet the new year of 2010 in a few days, Yummy Magazine and Nomnom will be giving away a Yummy 2010 Planner to a Nomnom email subscriber participant!

You must have been seen a Yummy Planner 2010 in most bookstore magazine stands recently together with their new released cookbooks Yummy Meals in Minutes, So-easy Sweets, and Weekend Cooking!

Yummy 2009 Cookbooks

Simply answer “What’s your favorite Yummy magazine issue for 2009 and why?” 🙂

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Yummy Magazine Associate Publisher Fran Haw herself will be selecting the winning comment/answer on January 3! Winner will be announced in this blog as a new post on the evening of January 3, 2009.

Or how about a Starbucks Limited Edition USB or Starbucks Planner 2010

Have a happy new year with a new Yummy 2010 Planner! 🙂

Last night’s dinner was made of Yummy, figuratively and literally. Yummy foodie magazine invited a group of foodies, including Nomnom, for an intimate dinner at Tosco in Dusit Thani Hotel, Makati City.

Tosco, Dusit Thani Hotel

And who would say no to an intimate dinner invite by a food magazine? It’s almost sure, the food would be great. And I was not mistaken.

Potato Sour Creme Soup

Potato-Sour Creme Soup

For soup appetizer, we had potato-sour creme soup.

It was good and creamy. The lemon grilled shrimp slices even made it better.

I found the initally served bread complimentary to its rich taste and I cleaned up my bowl to the last drop.

I think the leaves on top is tarragon – an aromatic Eurasian herb for seasoning.

Tosco Bread

Stuffed Chicken Breast

Chicken Breast with a Surprise

The main entree looked like a simple chicken breast but I found a surprise marinated apricot and orange cinnamon couscous at its center. The serving of rice is also worth mentioning with its citrus-like aftertaste and scent. It was something new to my taste buds and I found it pleasing. Stems of green asparagus lined the plate.

Couscous is a north African dish usually characterized by steamed semolina and meat; in this case chicken meat.

Chicken breast with Orange Cinnamon and Apricot

Trilogie

Yes, you read it right – it ended with ‘gie.’ The dinner was concluded with a trilogie of vanilla, red wine creme, and caramelized mango. It was the goodness of dessert times three.

Tosco Trilogie: Vanilla, Red Wine Creme, & Caramelized Mango

The vanilla was prepared light and covered with shreds of crispy barquillos. Lovely.

It was my first time to taste a red wine creme and I loved its softness with hint of strawberry. Although I think I’m alone with this conclusion since the plates of those around me left the red wine creme half-consumed.

The caramelized mango was, well, caramelized mango.

Although a combination of three desserts sound overwhelming, I surprisingly found it wanting. The three were all sweet but it was not overdone. Simply said, I cleaned the plate.

Tosco's Caffe Latte

And just like after any sweets, a good cup of coffee is always appreciated after.

Yummy Planner 2010

Yummy Magazine - December Issue

It was a good way of celebrating the holidays and the blessed year of 2009 for Yummy Magazine as they release the Yummy 2010 Planner and 3 new cookbooks namely YUMMY Meals in Minutes, YUMMY So-easy Sweets, and YUMMY Weekend Cooking.

The Yummy Planner 2010 is now sold in major bookstores at P250 while the cookbooks are at an affordable price of P100 each.

Their December issue is also now out with cooking tips for Christmas like how to have a delicious and inexpensive Noche Buena. They are also adding new sections to the magazine and website Yummy.ph. Something to look forward to in 2010. Check it out here.

Tosco Wine Bar, Dusit Thani Hotel, Makati City

More photos of Yummy Christmas Dinner.

We also shared a good chat over dinner with fellow foodies Fran, Az, and new friends Oggie & Ferdz of HappyFoodies.com, among others. It was also nice to see Anton of Our Awesome Planet again and Joey of Table for Three Please, for the first time. It was a Yummy dinner indeed!