Oreo cookies are a Canadian childhood lunchbox staple, as I’m sure they are in the US. Whether you grew up being eaten alive by mosquitos in Winnipeg or across the border in Minneapolis, these basic cookies transcend national boundaries with […]
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Review: Carlo’s Bake Shop ‘Cake Boss’ Cake ATM
What a strange future we live in. How else to explain the self-described “Cake ATM” in my local shopping mall, with a smiling Buddy Valastro — the Cake Boss himself, as Food Network viewers will tell you — imploring me […]
Review: SugarSin Sparkling Rosé Gummies
Prices are a complicated motivator. It’s easy to be drawn to a cheap bag of treats, but it’s also almost just as easy (at least for me) to be entranced by a candy that is strangely expensive for what it […]
Review: Pepsi Mango
Mango is finally getting its due in North America. In just about every tropical place in the world, mangoes are loved and appreciated in a way that Canadians and Americans can’t fully appreciate. In much of the world, they are […]
Review: Rogers Plantation Raw Sugar
Some coffees are rich and complex and full of delicate flavours. They sparkle in the cup, with just the right amounts of acidity and body, with maybe some stone fruit or dried berry character. (Hello, Ethiopian beans!) And some coffees […]
Review: Kerr’s Maple Kisses
Around our house, maple syrup coats our pancakes, sweetens our smoky chipotle chili and mingles with lemon on our standby oven-roasted baby potatoes. I try not to be caught without a bottle of the stuff in the fridge. Why? Because […]
Experiment: Writing a Letter for Nutritional Information (Updated!)
While writing the last review I posted for Tic Tac Mixers, I noticed there was a lack of nutritional information on the package. Being a modern gentleman, I responded to this information deficit by googling Tic Tac Mixers. This returned […]
Review: Lay’s Wavy Milk Chocolate Potato Chips
When most well-adjusted, liberty-loving North Americans think “chocolate chips,” it’s the classic cookie that comes to mind, not potato chips drenched in chocolate. And yet here we have Lay’s Wavy Milk Chocolate Covered Potato Chips, an idea that seems certain […]