Al Sicherman

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Al Sicherman writes the Tidbits column for the Taste section. He is a retired columnist for the Star Tribune. In 1989 his son Joe died after taking LSD. The column Al wrote then: A father's plea: Be scared for your kids was widely reprinted. In 1999 Al wrote a new introduction to that column: Ten years after Joe's death, grief and a message endure.

Recent content from Al Sicherman

Tidbits: What do you knead?

Mr. Tidbit isn't a bread guy, and he hadn't noticed the no-knead less-than-one-hour "artisan" yeast-bread mixes from Krusteaz until he...

Updated: January 02, 2013, - 02:53 PM

Tidbits: It's the Bettiest

It's the Bettiest A surprise from Betty Crocker: boxed macaroni and cheese dinner. Between Kraft's ubiquitous blue box on...

Updated: December 19, 2012, - 02:27 PM

Tidbits: Revving up wraps

New from Hormel are eight different pre-assembled refrigerated items called Revs. Each is a wrap containing meat -- pepperoni, ham,...

Updated: December 13, 2012, - 05:59 AM

Tidbits: Getting steamed

The Simply Potatoes folks at Crystal Foods, who already gave us five kinds of mashed potatoes and nine kinds of...

Updated: December 05, 2012, - 05:48 PM

Tidbits: Supremely new products

New from the baking-products part of Pillsbury, which is actually Smucker's (not to be confused with the refrigerated- and frozen-products...

Updated: November 28, 2012, - 03:11 PM

Tidbits: Plenty of pasta

If you were to ask Mr. Tidbit, there were far too many kinds of pasta already, even if all the...

Updated: November 21, 2012, - 02:30 PM

Tidbits: Foam on the range?

A new instant-coffee entry from Nestlé is Nescafé Memento -- cappuccino, caramel latte or mocha -- in single-serve packets you...

Updated: November 07, 2012, - 03:08 PM

Tidbits: Pumpkin season

Pumpkin season Now, in addition to the existing umpteen flavors and consistencies of Philadelphia cream cheese, there's a "limited...

Updated: October 31, 2012, - 03:00 PM

Tidbits: Newer costs more

Newer costs more Mr. Tidbit hasn't paid attention to instant Cream of Wheat recently, so he hadn't noticed that it had...

Updated: October 24, 2012, - 03:13 PM

Tidbits: Flavored butter

Flavored butter Tired of spreading just-plain butter on your bagel or English muffin, but not sure how to proceed...

Updated: October 17, 2012, - 03:41 PM

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