Take potato chips and combine them with General Tao chicken, a staple of North American Chinese food, and what do you get? An OK chip that doesn’t quite hit the mark. Part of the President’s Choice World of Flavours line […]
Tag: sweet
Review: Palm Bay Spritz vodka coolers
Maybe I’m just too much of an Albertan for my own good, but when I want a refreshing adult beverage, I usually reach for a beer. I’ve tried the occasional cider or cooler here or there, but my overall knowledge […]
Review: Bolthouse Farms Mocha Cappuccino protein drink
It took me a long time to finally try a Bolthouse Farms beverage, even though they’re available at almost every grocery store I shop at. Since I’ve been known to enjoy the occasional cup of coffee (*cough* coffee addict *cough, […]
Review: Skittles Blenders
I’m on the record as disliking apocryphal Skittles flavours. The original five flavours are amazing, so why bother tinkering with perfection. It’s like the lengthy parade of post-Connery Bond movies, trying to top the untoppable. And yet, as a Skittles […]
Review: Fibre Plus granola bars
In my experience, you can have a healthy, fibre-filled granola bar that bears some similarity to cardboard, or you can have an unhealthy, fat-filled sugar-and-rolled-oats bar masquerading as health food, luring parents to include them in lunch boxes under false […]
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: 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: Sunkist Berry Blue Bountiful blueberry-blackberry smoothie
I’ve been thinking a lot about the west coast lately. I adore British Columbia, from the breathtaking natural beauty of isolated Bella Coola, to the inner-harbour strolls of Victoria. Blackberries are one of the things that define my mental image […]