We got suckered in when we saw the rep at Whole Foods offering samples of her Gaby’s Farm ice creams and sorbets. Always aiming to help local farmers, we thought the least we could do was shell out the $6-plus bucks for a pint of her product.”But which should we…

​We visited the firing range last week to unleash some aggressions on a poor, unsuspecting Blue Man Group member’s silhouette (check out the photos and you’ll see what we mean) when a can of Tactical Bacon caught our goggle-covered eyes.Thrown by the illustration of an M4 machine gun on the…

​This blog is going to be short for one reason and one reason only: Nestle’s Yorkie bar is all talk and no action.The bright-blue, shiny label on this British treat not only announces the product is “NOT for girls!” but also goes so far as to show a little lady…

​OK, now the bacon craze has just gone too, too far. We were down with the whole bacon-infused bourbon thing; we thought the maple-glazed doughnut with a bacon topper and deep-fried bacon munchies were fun novelties; and the whole bacon ice cream fad gave us a giggle. But now, food…

​Sometimes we’re not the brightest stars in the sky. This fact became most painfully obvious when we returned from a recent press trip to Grand Cayman (we were dispatched to check out the second Michael’s Genuine location, which, we’re happy to report, was just as amazing as the original). Anyhow,…

​Trusting there’s always something interesting to be found at Whole Foods, we searched the aisles until — voilà! — we came across bags of Classic Iced Tea-flavored candy. Most candy companies do a terrible job of translating drinks into candies (Harino and Brach’s — you need to step it up!),…

Potato chips aren’t exactly considered exotic fare in America, but when we saw our favorite brand, Archer Farms, was offering Macaroni & Cheese, General Tso, and Greek-Inspired versions, we had to give ’em a go. After all, the brand’s traditional and Salt & Vinegar-flavored chips have long been favorites, mostly…

​Though it usually would take an act of Congress to get us to eat anything that rhymes with turd, we had to try cheese curds when we found ourselves smack dab in the middle of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, last week. No, this is not a joke. There is an actual city…

On a recent road trip to the Big Apple, we went in search of a refreshing beverage to cool our ​innards, those same innards that were burnt to a crisp compliments of the thick heat seeming to come up from the sidewalk and down from the sky simultaneously. Yes, even…

We’ve learned to swallow juice from a pouch, wine from a box, and even yogurt from a bag, but is there really any reason to get our bread from a can?B&M’s Brown Bread — we tried the raisin variety — undoubtedly can outlast the shelf life of any loaf sheathed…

​They’re a little salty, a little sweet, very crunchy, and just the right size. Yep, the new pretzel M&Ms are winners in our book.Despite the cute illustration of the orange M&M holding an x-ray showing he has a pretzel twist inside, the shape of the core is only a tiny…

When the cashier at the Middle Eastern market said he uses Cortas orange blossom water in his tea and he occasionally adds some of the stuff into vanilla ice cream, the first thought that came to mind was, “Hmmm. How exotic yet versatile! Must give this a try.”After all, being…

Who can resist eating a hippo when hunger strikes? Fortunately Kinder found a way to stuff five individually wrapped Happy Hippo Biscuits into a box for our snacking enjoyment.The “cocoa cream” version looked the most appealing, but the cashier recommended that I choose the hazelnut variety instead. Actually, the flavor…

​Perhaps you’ve already heard of this stuff and possibly even tried it once or twice. But have you ever tried it from a can? If so, humor us. If not, open up your minds and your mouths, masters and mistresses, for you may find this seasoned eggplant spread is a…

​Ah, sugar. It comes in oh, so many delightful forms. But when the words “Turkish Delight” were spotted on a box in the Middle Eastern market, it admittedly led to some concern. Would these really be delightful? And what’s with this rose flavoring? Bizarro!Yet the box wooed me like a…

Continuing my eating adventures with the theme of “funky Middle Eastern foods,” I came across another curious find: Osem’s Falafel Flavor Bissli. I examined the packaging on this “party snack” and wondered who it was meant to attract, since it features two cartoon characters — one confused nerd and the…

Isn’t it fun when an ingredient list consists of only four items and two of those are unrecognizable? We can all figure out what sugar and glucose syrup are, but mastic oil and E220? (Turns out the former is tree resin and the latter is sulphur dioxide.)Though the hexagonal jar…

It looked disgusting on the package. And I had never known a living soul who had, admittedly, eaten so much as a bite of one. So what possessed me to pick up a box of six preserved duck eggs at the Asian market still remains a mystery. Now it also…

​Hmmm. The bag had only two words on it: eigene herstellung. And no ingredients, no expiration date, and no nutritional information. Was it worth trying?It was pretty obvious to the human eye that these were innocent little sugar-topped cookies… how harmful could they be, right?…

​Thanks to a hairstylist-in-training Crystal Amos from Aveda Institute in Davie (who not only does a wicked blowout but also happens to be the daughter of the Jamaica House Restaurant owners), I found that the pasteurized processed cheese spread in a can I almost dismissed as a useless food item…