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America Votes 2008: the Bakery Exit Poll in Toronto
As Americans go to the polls today, Queen of Tarts is offering a way for those of us north of the border to cast our ballot: Obama, McCain and Palin cookies are available for purchase. One (or three) of these cookies makes for a tasty snack on the way to an election watching party, with the added satisfaction of the opportunity to break off Sarah Palin's head.
A couple of weeks ago, we gave a heads up on where to party if Obama wins (and watch the returns), but there's more.
Rasputin Vodka Bar is airing results, Canada Votes Obama is holding their shindig at Wayne Gretzky's, and the Department of Culture is inviting folks to the Gladstone Hotel's Melody Bar. Both of the latter events are free.
It's hard to believe, but after two years of nearly non-stop campaigning, today America will choose their leader for the next four years.
Obama cookies have been on sale for quite a while, at one time facing off against Hillary Clinton cookies, and have been a steady seller. McCain, on the other hand, is something of a sales dud, perhaps signaling that Torontonians aren't looking for maverick cookies.
But since mid-September, the Tina Fey look-alike from Alaska has been the top seller. Of the nearly 150 cookies of each character made, there are about twice as many Obamas left as there are Palins. Less than 50 McCains were made, which adequately met demand. Apparently he's just not as much fun to eat, or smash, as Palin or Obama, although Joe Biden isn't popular enough to even have his likeness on a cookie.
Cookie design and decoration is done by Joan Dempsey, the sister-in-law of Queen of Tarts owner Stephanie Pick. Although known as the best baked treats in Toronto, Dempsey and Pick have been making character cookies for a while. Their best seller hasn't been the American politicians, though, but it's an American famous for lampooning American politicians: Stephen Colbert.
Regardless of the outcome today, the cookies will be available for a while at Queen of Tarts. Each candidate is hand-painted on a gingerbread cookie.
Photos by Joshua Tusin.
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Why would you get satisfaction from "the opportunity to break off Sarah Palin's head."?
She seems like a down to earth accomplished woman to me, do you have a problem with that type of woman?
Tom: She may be down to earth and accomplished, and that's great, but that does not mean she isn't also a complete right-wing doofus.
lol @ Tom
kthxbye
We shouldn't be discouraged to express concern over someone's policies because we're instantly viewed as sexists for doing so.
Tom, nowhere in Josh's post did he suggest it had ANYTHING to do with Sarah Palin's gender. Attacking him for merely expressing his dislike for her is almost reverse discrimination, which, in my opinion is almost as offensive of what you're accusing him of.
Palin isn't right for the job. She lacks skills, and it has nothing to do with X and Y chromosomes.
Tom and Palin sitting in a tree...
Given the strong preference for Obama in Toronto, it's hard to imagine Palin cookies are outselling Obama because people would actually prefer her to be elected.
Of course, she's a foreign policy expert because of her proximity to Russia and Canada, so maybe that resonates here more than I realize. ;)
She is clueless about the world and important issues that face us today. It was apparent in those interviews on CBS, she is not smart nor is she intellectually curious enough to be the second most powerful person on earth.
We all said that about Bush too, and rightly so. Therefore, it is hardly sexism.
Tom I think you are being sexist by suggesting that we shouldn't criticize her because she just happens to be a woman.
"Down to earth and accomplished." It sounds like a generic, vague description one gives in a personals ad, when they have nothing else redeeming to say about themselves.
(Which is what the media has been saying about Palin this entire campaign.)
I've been hearing about various american election parties accross the city. Do we have these kinds of parties for our elections (if there is, blogto sure didn't talk about it)? Interesting...I just hope people who go to theses parties are just as involved in their own country's politics...I know that american politics affects us but I'm going to stear clear of TVs tonight until the final results are out.
ummmm....they are cookies, people. Chill out!
Yay to the Queen of Tarts and the cookies! I remember sitting in Stephanie's first store on Bathurst making bondage gingerbread cookies for Pride... Oh good times!
Bought one yesterday and it was soooooo good...a lovely obama and palin coookie
all i wanna know is... where's the biden cookie??
This post needs a Biden cookie