The key requirement of dessert is to be delicious, not healthy. Yet somehow, Activia’s Lemon Merengue yogurt manages to be both. Yes, that’s “merengue,” like the dance, not “meringue,” like lemon meringue pie. Curious choice of name, but whatever. The […]
Author: Iain Ilich
Review: Molson Canadian 67 beer
The only good thing about Molson Canadian 67 is that my wife hates it so much, I can safely keep a case of it around the apartment without any fear of it vanishing. Canadian 67 is clearly a light beer […]
Review: Bulk Barn cinnamon hearts
I know what you’re thinking. “What could possibly be more romantic than giving a special someone a large plastic bag full of cinnamon hearts from Bulk Barn?” Given the seasonal choice between cinnamon hearts and those awful chalky hearts with […]
Review: So Delicious Chocolate Coconut Milk frozen dessert
As you scoop So Delicious Chocolate Coconut Milk frozen dessert out of the tub, it becomes apparent that it’s not a standard ice cream. Using an ice-cream scoop, it doesn’t want to curl around and stick together to form a […]
Kitchen Gear: Oxo digital thermometer
I’ve got a couple of different thermometers that I use in the kitchen, each for different purposes. My candy thermometer is great for high-temperature work (boiling sugar for making things like marshmallows and macarons), and my little dial thermometer adequately […]
Recipe: Balsamic strawberries
I first bumped into balsamic strawberries at a summer food festival in Edmonton half a decade ago. A local restaurant, now sadly departed, was serving up this unlikely combination with a dollop of mascarpone, a trio of flavours that I […]
Review: Old El Paso Spanish Rice
Growing up, our family taco nights included something we knew as Old El Paso Mexican Fried Rice. It came in a yellow box, it was vaguely exotic to my young Winnipeg taste buds, and we loved it. And then it […]
Review: Punschrullar from Ikea
The Look: Something like giant green caterpillars. A bar of bright green marzipan with both ends and the bottom dipped in chocolate. The Pitch: “Swedish apricot marzipan confection,” says the package. “Sign me up,” says me. Reality Check: A key […]