By Mike Thayer Just 65 cents per serving! In another effort to get away from eating too many chip snacks, I recently picked up a three pound bag of pistachios at Sam’s Club. Nuts are a nice alternative to chips because not only do they deliver some nice texture and a bit of crunch, they […]

By Mike Thayer Tortilla chips, the foundation of so many fantastic snack and appetizer creations, ‘chips & salsa’, nachos, ‘chips & guacamole’, ‘chips & bean dip’….  they’re also good used as a crunchy topping for just about any Tex/Mex casserole dish.  Having a good chip puts all those great foods in tasty motion.  Then there’s […]

Not an ordinary snack By Mike Thayer While on the road recently and in a snack mood, I was looking for a place to stop but I didn’t want an ordinary snack.  Chips weren’t going to cut it, neither was beef jerky or anything sweet. Then, as if there was a snack god, appeared an […]

Not an ordinary snack By Mike Thayer While on the road recently and in a snack mood, I was looking for a place to stop but I didn’t want an ordinary snack.  Chips weren’t going to cut it, neither was beef jerky or anything sweet. Then, as if there was a snack god, appeared an […]

I’m a big fan of these chips By Mike Thayer Nacho Cheese Doritos are my all time favorite chips and I also appreciate a little spice, so when my girlfriend brought over a bag of Doritos Roulette chips last Sunday, well, she put a big smile on my face and the fun hadn’t even started […]

By Mike Thayer Nice portion I recently tried Arby’s “Boneless Wings” trying both sauced flavors made available, the Buffalo and the Hot Honey.  I preferred the Hot Honey sauce over the Buffalo, but with both offerings, the “wings” were really chicken nuggets tossed in a sauce.  The tossed part is good, I’d rather have my […]

By Mike Thayer The bratwurst – more affectionately known as ‘brats’ by those who love these sausage treats – is a popular offering at summer cookouts and at baseball stadiums, especially in the Midwest. That’s what I’m into today, some brats!  I’ve tried pretty much all of them, Johnsonville, local butcher, various grocery store brands […]

By Mike Thayer The bratwurst – more affectionately known as ‘brats’ by those who love these sausage treats – is a popular offering at summer cookouts and at baseball stadiums, especially in the Midwest. That’s what I’m into today, some brats!  I’ve tried pretty much all of them, Johnsonville, local butcher, various grocery store brands […]

By Mike Thayer Chips, perhaps America’s favorite snack food….  Walk into just about any grocery store and they have an isle dedicated to them, classic potato chips, flavored chips, wavy chips, corn chips, tortilla chips, other kinds of veggie chips and more. Today, I’m sampling some kettle chips, the Kirkland Signature Kettle brand, a krinkle […]

By Mike Thayer Chips, perhaps America’s favorite snack food….  Walk into just about any grocery store and they have an isle dedicated to them, classic potato chips, flavored chips, wavy chips, corn chips, tortilla chips, other kinds of veggie chips and more. Today, I’m sampling some kettle chips, the Kirkland Signature Kettle brand, a krinkle […]

By Mike Thayer Chips, perhaps America’s favorite snack food….  Walk into just about any grocery store and they have an isle dedicated to them, classic potato chips, flavored chips, wavy chips, corn chips, tortilla chips, other kinds of veggie chips and more. Today, I’m sampling some kettle chips, the Kirkland Signature Kettle brand, a krinkle […]

By Mike Thayer Chips, perhaps America’s favorite snack food….  Walk into just about any grocery store and they have an isle dedicated to them, classic potato chips, flavored chips, wavy chips, corn chips, tortilla chips, other kinds of veggie chips and more. Today, I’m sampling some kettle chips, the Kirkland Signature Kettle brand, a krinkle […]

By Mike Thayer Looks great in the box right? But how is it in the mouth?… So McDonald’s is trying to up their game, updating a menu that’s been needing to be updated for quite some time…. Enter, the new Bacon Smokehouse Burger It’s about damn time McDonald’s! As described on the McDonald’s website:  Smoky, […]

By Mike Thayer Blended and flavored whiskeys are red hot right now, consumer demand for brown spirits continues to rise with American Whiskey in particular seeing some phenomenal sales growth. Regular readers know that I am a fan of flavored whiskey, I’ve always got a bottle of something in my freezer for a chilled shot […]