Happy Earth Day! While there are loads of complicated and life-changing ways to consider the environment in your daily life choices, here are a few easy wins for anyone who loves food and wants to do right by the Earth. […]
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Arbitrary: Growler Bar Economics, Revisited
Back in 2013, I wrote about the pros and cons of growler bars, which were just starting to pop up in Calgary, where I lived at the time. To be blunt, I wasn’t exactly sold on the experience. The cost […]
Review: Ikea’s Bulk Candy Bar (Lordagsgodis)
When Ikea added a bulk candy section to their Swedish food store, I was both excited and perplexed. Why, of all things, would Ikea sell bulk candy? They’d long been supplying the world with Daim chocolate bars and other imported […]
Review: Wonderful Sweet Chili Pistachios
Pistachios are one of my new-ish guilty pleasures. I keep a bag on my desk at the office for snacking, as I find them filling and satisfying – a flavourful little nibble with a hit of salt to perk up […]
Review: Cuban Lunch Chocolate Bar
I first heard about the Cuban Lunch chocolate bar on CBC Radio last year, then read about it again in Janis Thiessen’s Snacks, a definitive history of the early years of the Canadian snack food business. People seemed to rave […]
Review: Apex Predator (Bench Creek) White Raven India Pale Ale
Within the last few years, there’s been an explosion of amazing craft breweries in Alberta, the province in the western Canada that I call home. While British Columbia to the west of us has had a flourishing craft beer scene […]
Arbitrary: Thoughts on the New Canada’s Food Guide
In January 2019, the Canadian government introduced a new version of Canada’s Food Guide, and it’s caused a bit of a ruckus up here in the frozen-solid north. The resulting document is a fascinating study in what happens when you […]
Arbitrary: The 2018 Not Quite Annual NEAROF! Gift Guide
We’ve admittedly missed a few years, but we’re back with some more holiday shopping suggestions for the person who eats food on your list. (Hint: Everyone eats food.) (Note: There are a few items with affiliate links in here in […]
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