Newcastle Brown Ale is one of my favourite beers. I love its amazing caramel notes, the crisp carbonation, the mineral profile, the balanced hops, the roasted malt, the light sweetness. On the rare occasions I watch soccer games on TV […]
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Review: Chips Ahoy! Middles
Chips Ahoy! cookies are not part of my current everyday life, but they were when I was a kid. Every day, I’d get at least a couple of them tucked into a baggie in my lunch bag as dessert. (Only […]
Review: Aero Dark 70% Cocoa chocolate bar
It’s a Halloween tradition. Every year, when digging around through my surplus fun-size candy, I rediscover Aero. It’s a chocolate bar I’d never normally buy on its own in a full-size version, but in fun-size, it’s perfect. Why do I […]
Review: Doritos Onion Rings n’ Ketchup flavour
Part of me wants to believe that Doritos Onion Rings n’ Ketchup tortilla chips will be so delicious, they’ll make me forget all about the meh-tastic ketchup Doritos that showed up several years ago, then promptly vanished (for good reason). […]
Review: Ritter Sport peppermint chocolate bar
T&T is a curious store, isn’t it? It’s part Chinatown market and part western grocery store, with a smattering of other international flavours thrown in to confuse and disorient me. While it’s common to find Hi-Chew (yum!) and Pocky (double […]
Review: Cheemo pizza perogies
Growing up, I was very familiar with perogies. My next door neighbour in Winnipeg was an kind, elderly woman of Ukrainian descent, and she would regularly bring over Safeway bags full of homemade perogies. The fillings of choice in these […]
Review: Miss Vickie’s Balsamic Vinegar and Sweet Onion potato chips
I came late in life to balsamic vinegar, but I’ve grown to adore it. I’m also a long-time fan of salt and vinegar chips, something we used to get on Hot Dog Day at my Winnipeg elementary school, along with […]
Review: Wild Rose Brewery Velvet Fog
Cloudy beer scares most North Americans. Why? Who knows. Maybe folks here are so used to micro-filtered megabrews that they can’t fathom beers you can’t see through. Even wheat beers, a category where all sorts of amazing beers are murky […]