For all my years of using a Mac, I can’t say I’ve ever actively feared for my data. I’ve never much worried about my computer randomly crapping out on me due to something completely beyond my control. Maybe this is […]
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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: After Eight mint wafers
As a child, After Eight mints seemed like a very adult sort of candy. Classy packaging, strange format and the cryptic lure of the “After Eight” name. Because what happens after eight, exactly? That would have been after my bedtime, […]
Review: Candy Cane Hershey’s Kisses
White chocolate is polarizing, I know. But I love these Candy Cane Kisses from Hershey’s, and I’ve been meaning to highlight them here for what must be three years. They’re my favourite type of Kisses, and I instinctively buy oodles […]
Review: Carnaby Sweet Candy Corn
I’ve always found it odd how candy corn doesn’t particularly resemble corn. If anything, it’s more like a diseased tooth that’s been yanked from someone’s mouth, root and all. Or possibly a tiny little guitar pick. Corn kernels just aren’t […]
Around the Web: Home Sweet Home article in the NYT
While I meant to post something on Wednesday, I’ve had a lingering cold that messed up my ability to taste and smell for the better part of a week and a half. It’s admittedly hard to review food when your […]
Recipe: Starbucks Mocha Valencia
Back in the late 1990s, one of my favourite Starbucks drinks was the Mocha Valencia. It was an entrancing combination of orange syrup, mocha syrup, steamed milk and espresso, with some whipped cream topping and special orange sprinkles on top. […]
Review: Hawkins Cheezies
In America, you have Cheetos Crunchy. In Canada, we have Cheezies. And also Cheetos. Because that’s how we are up here – carving out an identity for ourselves while borrowing cultural tidbits from our southern neighbours. Snipping open the retro […]
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