I’ve been nearly tempted into buying these for over a year, as I keep seeing them near the grocery store produce section when I’m hunting for Craisins or dried blueberries. I finally buckled and bought a bag. I’m usually a […]
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Review: Maple Bacon Kettle Chips
Before I go any further, let me bring forward an example of the profound absurdity of the universe: I found these oily, sweet, salty, smoky potato chips at PLANET ORGANIC – after many years of moderating asinine online comments as […]
Review: Lay’s Do Us a Flavour potato chips
When I started hunting for the four different Do Us a Flavour potato chip varieties from Lay’s a couple weeks ago, they were very hard to find, at least around Calgary. It was as though there’d been a run on […]
Review: Kraft Peanut Butter with Honey
The first groundbreaking development for those who love pairing peanut butter and honey on their toast and sandwiches came with the invention and subsequent ubiquity of squeeze bottles, which made it so much easier to add honey and spread it […]
Review: Popchips Katy’s Kettle Corn Chips
I’m kind of fascinated by Katy Perry. She’s this marvellous contradiction, a gospel-raised chanteuse who rose to mainstream prominence through a risqué image and songs that leave nothing to the imagination. Even the dimmest of bulbs has little trouble reading […]
Review: Toddler Mum-Mum Organic Strawberry Rice Biscuits
There is a world of toddler treats beyond Arrowroot. Don’t believe me? Allow me to introduce you to Toddler Mum-Mums, a light, airy rice cracker “biscuit” made with organic ingredients and, in this case, flavoured with strawberry. They’re already a […]
Review: Brookside Dark Chocolate Açai Blueberry candies
These candies are just so downright subversive, aren’t they? Take açai – a buzzy, health-food-store darling of a berry – and, instead of creating some sort of $7 meal replacement bar for hippies turned investment bankers, drench the hell out […]
Food Fight: International Delight vs. Starbucks Frappuccino cold coffee beverages
As far as I’m concerned, Starbucks popularized the cold, sweet, milky coffee market, and brought it into the mainstream. Sure, some of us knew about Mr. Brown Iced Coffee before the Frappuccino landed, and other products innovated long before Starbucks […]