If you grew up in Alberta in the 90s, there’s a good chance you remember Wheat Crunch. It was popular at my school, a regular find at the grocery store, and, if my memory isn’t faulty, even served in little […]
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Review: Level Ground Tanzania Organic Coffee from Costco
The last time I took my espresso machine to the shop to get it cleaned and serviced, the shop’s owner gave me an important lesson in espresso. You shouldn’t use such dark, oily beans, he said. See here? All the […]
Review: One Coffee K-Cup Coffee Pods
Brewing coffee at home with a Keurig or Tassimo machine is like announcing to the world that you’re both lazy and incapable of basic supermarket math. It’s absurdly easy to make a standard pot of rudimentary coffee at home – […]
Review: Camino Original Milk hot chocolate
Yes, the second hot chocolate on my month-long quest is also an organic, fair trade product. See, the Carnation folks really do have a death-grip on the Canadian hot chocolate market, which makes finding alternatives in the grocery store harder […]
Review: Vitasoy Organic Holly Nog
After last year’s lacklustre taste-test of So Nice’s dairy-free Noel Nog, I figured my chances of finding a decent soy-based eggnog alternative were slim to none. After all, how many alternative nogs can there possibly be? The soy nog market […]
Review: Tru Sweets Organic Peppermint Candy Canes
A lot of people hate corn syrup for a lot of different reasons. For an overview, watch King Corn, a recent documentary that’s both interesting and mildly shocking. While it’s hard to eliminate all corn syrup from your life, there […]
Review: Oxfam fair trade Bio Cola
As much as I love Coca-Cola, I know there are people who don’t like it for a variety of reasons. Some dislike it on nutritional grounds, while others take issue with the global ubiquity of massively multinational companies. Personally, I […]
Review: R.W. Garcia Thai Sweet and Spicy Tortilla Chips
Unexpected fusion foods tend to capture my attention. Combining one cuisine with another in a culinary mashup can yield both interesting results and unmitigated train wrecks; the results vary widely. In this case, R.W. Garcia Thai Sweet and Spicy Tortilla […]