The best part about carving a Trumpkin might just be watching this orange monstrosity, like its namesake, (hopefully) disintegrate over the next few weeks. Trump’s entire brand has always been associated with excess: the oversized ties, the gold toilets, the false bravado comments about damn near everything. Because I didn’t really have a “classic” Canadian… Continue reading Trumpkin-Carving
恭賀新喜! Happy Chinese New Year! February 8th, 2016 is the first day of the Lunar New Year and marks the start of the Year of the Monkey. Along with the Chinese, a few other Asian groups – Malaysians, Vietnamese, and Koreans, to name a few – also follow the lunar calendar and often have their own Lunar New Year… Continue reading Chinese New Year eats and treats
Last week I wrote two entries to debunk commonly circulated “hacks” about supermarket shopping. Let’s tackle a few more today. 4. Produce is sprayed with water to add weight. A complaint I often hear is that produce in the wet case (usually along the edges of the produce department) is misted with water so grocers can charge for the… Continue reading Debunking supermarket “hacks” (Part 3)
Picking up from from yesterday’s Part 1, let’s continue debunking common grocery shopping “hacks.” Again, the point isn’t to wag a finger at people who offer up the “hacks,” but to provide an alternate perspective, rooted in common sense, on how food shopping can be done smarter. 2. Ignore the flashy eye-level attraction: It is often said that big food brands… Continue reading Debunking supermarket “hacks” (Part 2)
When it comes to groceries, we all want to shop smarter and eat better. This has spurred many tips intending to help consumers navigate the sea of food marketing tricks. It’s a bit of an oversimplification to assume that shoppers are bumbling oafs prone to falling for slick sales tactics and that food retailers and… Continue reading Debunking supermarket “hacks” (Part 1)
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