I know, I know. Beer marketers have never been known to over-sell their products, concocting crazy ad copy that hypes up the beer experience while glossing over the actual taste of their product. They’d never stoop to such a level. […]
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Review: Fry’s Orange Cream chocolate bar
In case you hadn’t noticed, I kind of like the combination of orange and chocolate flavours. I also love British candy, a vice that has been cheerfully fed by a new U.K. specialty import shop in Edmonton, just south of […]
Review: Genghis Grill Green Onion Cakes
I couldn’t tell you how it happened, nor why it remains this way, but green onion cakes are synonymous with Edmonton’s festival season. For the uninitiated, green onion cakes are round, pancake-like discs of flour, water, chopped green onions, salt, […]
Review: Cannery Brewing Blackberry Porter
It’s hard to win with fruit beers. Some are sweet and sticky, verging on a cooler or cider. The best ones in this category are bursing with ripe fruit with a trace of malt and hops; the worst are the […]
Review: Bonne Maman blackberry jelly
If there’s one small quibble I have with blackberries, it’s the seeds. There are lots and lots and lots of seeds. They’re tough, crunchy little beasts, liable to get lodged between teeth until being painstakingly plucked away with a toothpick. […]
Review: Covered Bridge Smokin’ Sweet BBQ chips
The Look: The packaging looks like it was designed by a creatively challenged child with a felt marker and a below-average aptitude for shading. Possible explanations? 1. The common (and much sought-after) crappy-looking-restaurant-with-amazing-food fake-out trick. 2. The terrible packaging design […]
Review: Kerstin’s Lemon Dream Chocophilia bar
White chocolate is a polarizing foodstuff. Some call it a pretender to the chocolate name, something quite unlike either milk or dark chocolate and thus undeserving of being lumped in with “real” chocolate. Others, me included, see it as a […]
Review: Sweet Onion Kettle Chips
If the Maui onions used to flavour Maui-style potato chips like riding the waves and hanging out on the beach, what about sweet onions? Do they bake scones for elderly veterans? Do they hold the elevator door for you as […]