Al Sicherman
Columnist | Tidbits
Al Sicherman writes the Tidbits column for the Taste section. He is a retired columnist for the Star Tribune.
Recent content from Al Sicherman
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Wheaties Fuel
Mr. Tidbit doesn't recall whether there has ever been a serious spinoff of Wheaties. (He doesn't count 1994's tiny basketball-like Wheaties Dunk-A-Balls.) But there is one now: Wheaties Fuel.
Feb 3, 2010 -
Fruit Crisps again
New from Kellogg's Special K brand are two flavors (blueberry and strawberry) of Fruit Crisps -- what Mr. Tidbit would describe as smaller, thinner Pop-Tarts (but which the box warns "should not be placed in a toaster or microwave"). The name sounded familiar, so he checked the mighty Mr. Tidbit List of Stuff. Sure enough, in the summer of 2008, Nabisco introduced Newtons Fruit Crisps. Apparently neither outfit wanted to spell "fruit crisps" oddly enough to be able to trademark the name. (Mr. Tidbit would have gone with Fruit Krispz.)
Jan 27, 2010 -
Big Z news
Quaker, which has more kinds of instant oatmeal than are dreamt of in your philosophy, also has many supermarket shelves full of rice cakes, corn cakes, multigrain cakes and the like. You might think that the Quaker folks would be content with that.
Jan 20, 2010 -
Powdery Tums
Mr. Tidbit usually restricts his startling grocery-product insights to items that are unarguably grocery products. But he feels justified in discussing the new Tums Quik Pak, both because many supermarkets have several aisles of over-the-counter pharmacy items and because many consumers of grocery products are shortly thereafter consumers of Tums.
Jan 13, 2010 -
Extra flavor
From the eternally flowing river of slight innovation at the Nabisco part of Kraft comes a flavor of Wheat Thins that Mr. Tidbit doesn't believe he's ever seen before in a cracker: cream cheese and chives -- artificially flavored, as indicated by small type on the front of the package.
Jan 6, 2010 -
Tidbits: Another PB choice
Are you a choosy mother who feels that, when choosing Jif peanut butter, the seven kinds of Jif just aren't enough to choose among?
Dec 30, 2009 -
Smooooth!
Mr. Tidbit is ever in awe of the endless variety of yogurt and yogurt products from the Yoplait engine at General Mills.
Dec 23, 2009 -
Tidbits: Bitsy Crisps
New from Pepperidge Farm, makers of ... Here Mr. Tidbit was planning to quickly mention the several food products available from Pepperidge Farm. He had no idea!
Dec 16, 2009 -
Bugle saturation
Mr. Tidbit has been waiting somewhat patiently for the new third flavor of Bugles, the horn-shaped crispy corn snacks, to show up at any of the stores at which he regularly roams the aisles.
Dec 9, 2009 -
Special all-cookie edition
A more-or-less simultaneous shower of cookie developments produces this fabulous all-cookie installment of Tidbits. Years from now you'll be telling your grandchildren.
Dec 2, 2009
