How do I change the applet label or icon?

Cardapio's applet label defaults to your distro's name, and the icon to your distro's icon. But if you would like to change them, you can do so from either the configuration window or by editing Cardapio's config file.

See https://answers.launchpad.net/cardapio/+faq/1144 for more information on how to do this.