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Jason was in a liquor store a while ago and heard a mother say to her kid, “Mommy just needs to pick up some Mommy juice.” Well, now that I have baby H, I fully understand the need for Mommy juice.
So I was more than willing to taste two new wines from Lucky Penny, which [...]
I noticed a few things that set Arthur’s Fresh Company apart from similar juices and smoothie drinks on the shelves. First of all, there’s nothing artificial in them. The ingredients are all natural things I recognize and each bottle must be finished within one week of opening. No weird preservatives here, for sure.
The mango plus [...]
In a week where KFC comes up with this monstrosity, the McDonald’s McMinis seem downright healthy.
Responding to customers’ requests for more chicken choices, the McMinis are all-white chicken breast (choice of crispy or grilled) on a mini-baguette with a pesto or spicy thai spread.
Their PR company invited me to try the McMinis ($1.99 + tax) [...]
A marketing company sent me a bottle of the new Caramilk cream liquor to try over the holidays, lauding it as the “first chocolate bar flavour liquor in the alcohol market.”
This is definitely geared towards people with a sweet tooth and fans of cream-based liquors like Baileys.
I know the bottle is supposed to capture [...]
Did you know 40 per cent of the world’s coffee sales is in instant coffee? It’s huge in Europe and Asia, which accounts for much of the $21-billion instant sector.
I’ve been in high-end hotels in China where they plunk down a jar of Sanka when you ask for coffee. There are full aisles of instant [...]
An extremely interesting discussion is happening about a proposed Food Blog Code of Ethics. Created by two food bloggers, who are also trained journalists, the code sets out standards of professionalism, impartiality and transparency for people who write about recipes, restaurants, products and the food industry.
“As the blogging world expands exponentially, more and more people [...]
A marketing company recently offered me a chance to test out KitchenAid’s pasta kit. Having never made homemade pasta before, I was intrigued at trying everything out.
The pasta roller and cutter are designed to be used as attachments to KitchenAid’s stand mixers, which the company also provided me.
We used it three times with different dough [...]
I got an email last month from a marketing company working on the Healthy Insider’s Report campaign and the launch of 138 new Blue Menu products for President’s Choice: would I be interested in reviewing some of their new items?
I’m already a big fan of PC — the in-house brand of Real Canadian Superstore and [...]
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