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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Tidbits: Clusteriffic
From Kraft's Post Cereals comes a peculiar spinoff of Honey Bunches of Oats. That product already comes in seven varieties.
Jul 2, 2008 -
Tidbits: Cool Whip by the sqwootch
Oh, the wonders of modern science! The white whipped fluffiness of Cool Whip, previously available only in frozen tubs that you thaw and spoon atop desserts that lack for white whipped fluffiness, now comes to us as well in refrigerated aerosol cans. No thawing, no spooning; just sqwootch.
Jun 27, 2008 -
Tidbits: Very small pasta
We all know the tragedy of classic Italian pasta shapes -- penne, bowties, fusilli (twists) and wheels -- that are just too big for American children to enjoy without unspeakable anguish. Pastamaker Barilla is now prepared to end that horror by providing miniature versions of those four pasta shapes.
Jun 19, 2008 -
Tidbits: All aboard ...
Mr. Tidbit has mentioned all of these nutrition bandwagons before -- often -- but each seems to be, if anything, picking up steam. So he needs to note in passing the presence of even more (and in some cases even more peculiar) appearances of pomegranate, dark chocolate and fiber. (No new Omega-3 sightings this week.) Ready?
Jun 11, 2008 -
Tidbits: Lunchables on parade
Mr. Tidbit realized recently that it had been a while since he last visited Oscar Mayer Lunchables. In his absence, Lunchables has begun to take over much of an aisle.
Jun 4, 2008 -
Tidbits: Flatbread creations
A year ago, Mr. Tidbit described then-new Deli Creations, from Oscar Mayer, as affording the opportunity to buy in kit form at the supermarket "the microwaveable submarine-type sandwiches that, until now, we could find only in exclusive gas stations and company break rooms."
May 28, 2008 -
It's not Breakfastables
An outfit called East Side Entrees has fired what might be a preemptive strike against the possibility of a morning version of Oscar Mayer Lunchables. It's BreakfastBreaks, in several varieties.
May 21, 2008 -
Natural microwave popcorn
In addition to the many, many kinds of regular Orville Redenbacher microwave popcorn, that brand has introduced six flavors of "natural" microwave popcorn.
May 14, 2008 -
Tidbits: Cakester goes vanilla
Remember Oreo Cakesters, new last fall? Picture a slightly enlarged Oreo, with a thinnish puff of dark chocolate cake instead of each of the two cookies in the sandwich.
May 7, 2008 -
Tidbits: Pudding on the ritz?
In mentioning last week that Jell-O now has two dark-chocolate flavors of refrigerated sugar-free pudding, Mr. Tidbit was speaking in the context of dark chocolate.
Apr 30, 2008
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