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Heinz Pickle Ketchup
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. Sorry, the Ides of March always gets me worked up. So does Vehicle by The Ides of...
May 14, 20245 min read


Coca-Cola Spiced
Foolish adventurers, you’ve entered the Crypt of the Relentless Gargoyle! Make your peace with the hereafter, for here you shall surely…...
Mar 24, 20244 min read


Cheetos Flamin’ Hot Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn
Hey there, gentle reader, come on in and let me regale you with tales of the cuisines I’ve found on my many expeditions. Or, if you...
Feb 25, 20243 min read


Van Leeuwen Dill Pickle French Ice Cream
Greetings, chums (I like the term chums, it’s friendly, but it’s also a reminder that I will dump you into shark-infested waters if...
Dec 9, 20234 min read


McDonald’s 2023 New Sauces: Mambo and Sweet & Spicy Jam
Greetings, loyal readers! As for my disloyal readers, your perfidiousness (am I torturing my translators, or do I like to talk like a...
Oct 30, 20234 min read


Doritos Late Night Loaded Taco
Good evening. It probably isn’t night, but I’m pretending. I’m Method writing, so I can be even more insufferable and have people take me...
Oct 16, 20233 min read


Nothing Bundt Cakes Churro Dulce de Leche Bundtlet
My new corporate masters have cracked the whip and I’m ashamed to admit it, but I kind of liked it. This is mostly because I’m a deviant...
Oct 6, 20233 min read


General Mills Carmella Creeper Cereal
Good morning, readers! It’s probably not morning when you see this, but since I’m reviewing a cereal today, just let me have it. Carmella...
Sep 26, 20232 min read


Coca-Cola Y3000
Greetings friends, readers, and perhaps a few arch-nemeses; I, The Reckless Gastronome, have returned from the future with a new...
Sep 20, 20232 min read


Coca-Cola Clear Lime
Wow, so it’s been four years since I’ve written anything as the Reckless Gastronome, so please forgive me if I’m a bit out of practice....
May 13, 20232 min read


Sweet and Salty Chocolate Fudge Combos
Sweet and salty, it is a flavor that has become popular lately, although not one that applies to people if my love life is any...
Sep 2, 20211 min read


Peanut Hottie
Have you ever had a need you didn't know existed? An experience that shifts your world view? I myself had never thought of heating an...
Jan 24, 20161 min read


The Peeps Show!
Who doesn't crave eating the young of flightless domesticated avians? Way back when the years still started a nineteen, you could only...
Dec 13, 20153 min read


Ruffles All Dressed Potato Chips
It looks like the United States' longest unsecured border has been breached. Normally at this point I'd gently tease our neighbors to the...
Nov 10, 20152 min read


Lay’s NY Reuben Potato Chips
As everyone agrees, the famous Reuben Sandwich is is named after its inventor the famed actor, Paul Reubens. In fact you can the very first
Sep 7, 20152 min read


Southern Biscuits and Gravy Chips
I have to confess the concept of gravy always makes me nervous. I've spent enough time in hospitals (no, not for food poisoning) that I...
Aug 15, 20152 min read


Blue Plate Special Blackberry Cobbler Soda
Good thing they let me know that it's a cobbler soda, otherwise I would have thought its a pie soda, and that would be ridiculous. Could...
Nov 2, 20141 min read


Opies Pickled Walnuts
I have never heard of these. It never even crossed my mind that you could pickle nuts of any kind, much less walnuts. According to...
Oct 11, 20141 min read


Lester’s Fixins Peanut Butter & Jelly Soda
Is there anything more classic than the peanut butter and jelly sandwich? According to Wikipedia the average American will eat 1,500 of them
Oct 1, 20141 min read


Calbee Snapea Crisps Wasabi Ranch
Interesting, I guess they can make Cheetos out of stuff other than corn. Actually it's not accurate to compare these to Cheetos, because...
Sep 27, 20141 min read
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