Tayto Chips

Tayto is an Irish food manufacturer, specifically snack food and chips (er, crisps).  They have been around since 1956 and are the #1 chip producer in Ireland.Crisps come in an assortment of interesting flavors.  Yes, they have basics that we know like salted and salt & vinegar, but, like most other countries, they have so many more: beef & onion, pickled onion, spring onion, roast chicken, smoky bacon, prawn cocktail, wutser sauce. ...

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Shain's of Maine Ice Cream

By now you know I eat a lot of ice cream.  I have ice cream, in some form, at least once a day.  Sometimes it is the star attraction, the focal point of my dessert, like a soft serve cone with rainbow sprinkles enjoyed in the sun on a hot day or the base for an epic ice cream sundae.  Other times it takes an accompanying role, like a nicely paired scoop with my warm fruit crisp or stuffed inside a croissant or pair of cookies.  But ice cream is...

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Noodies, Tucson

I was just in Tucson for a very short business trip (working with students at University of Arizona).  It was mid-October, and the weather was 95* and sunny the entire time I was there.  I *loved* it, and in my world, this was absolutely perfect ice cream weather.  And if you know my blog, you know how much I adore soft serve, particularly in that kind of weather.My research yielded shockingly few ice cream/froyo/gelato places around where I was staying. ...

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Krispy Kreme Donuts

Update Review, October 2024For Halloween, a co-worker brought in a bunch of Krispy Kreme.  I've never really cared for Krispy Kreme in the past, but I haven't had it that many times, so decided to give it another try.Halloween Donuts: Slimer ($3.49), Ecto-Sprinkled ($3.19),Ghostbusters Cookies N' Creme ($3.49), Stay Puft Marshmallow Man ($3.99).For Halloween, we had a bunch of special edition Ghostbusters donuts.  I of course went for the most...

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