Japanese Astronaut Food

Boing Boing has a great little piece about Japanese space food. I’ve tasted and even review Astronaut ice cream in the past but just knowing that there’s more where that came from is exciting.

Click here to check it out.

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Fancy Food Show

If I had an unlimited budget and all the time in the world the first thing I’d do is visit every single food show in the world. This show in San Francisco looks amazing and best of all for most of these shows the meals are included.

Click here to read about this show.

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Man Steals Gum… So what’s the news?

Apparently he stole some candy because he wanted to go to jail. He wanted to go to jail because he didn’t want to spend another night with his family. The moral of the story: Candy isn’t bad for everybody.

Click here to read all about it.

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Foodland Ontario and Sex

Foodland Ontario (a group that lobbies for Canadian grown foods) has a new campaign out but I’m not sure if they really know what “friends with benefits” really means.

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Happy New Year

Although this Skittles commercial has nothing to do with New Years exactly it did however make me think about years gone by… and fashions that are happily discontinued… wait there back?!!

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Sugar Addiction

After reading this article about sugar addiction all I have to do is say if the scientists working on this project ever need a sugar addict to conduct human tests please contact me here.

Click here to learn more about the greatest addiction ever.

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Stirring Peanut Butter

Boing Boing has a great piece with tips and tricks on how to mix your natural peanut butter better. If you’ve ever purchased the natural stuff you’ll know what a pain it can be and frankly I don’t want any barriers between me and a PBandJ sandwich.

Click here to read more.

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A List of the NCA’s Favourites

I found this great little list from the NCA with a list of their past people of the year in candy. I’m thinking of starting a candy of the year for people, but that might be just crazy.

Click here to see these past winners.

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Furniture Stores and Candy

This is an interesting article about the fact that candy is being sold more often in places that don’t normally sell food products. I’m now sure however what their obsession with furniture stores might be.

Click here to read more about this strange mix of tables and chocolate bars.

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A Look At The Benefits of Fruit Flavours

This is an interesting look at the flavour market in England. I love the fact that the world is obsessed with flavours and the technology of this industry is astounding.

Click here to read more.

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More News About Washington States Candy Tax

There seems to be more and more news about this candy tax and although it’s only going to affect Washington for now it does set a precedent for other states to do the same.

Click here to read more.

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Gingerbread With No House

Tim Horton seems to be taking a break from new donuts on a regular basis and focusing on Cookies. This new addition of a gingerbread cookie is ok but I worry that they’re going to shift focus away from their donuts.

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NCA Calls for Candy Awards

Some great people contribute to the candy world all of the time. Some of these people make candy fun, and bring that special something into the industry that makes it better than the average food industry. If you know a really great candy let them know and make sure they win this cool award.

Click here to read more and maybe nominate a certain "Candy Critic".

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Don’t Cry Over Spilled Grape Juice

Apparently there was a huge grape juice spill in Pennsylvania and that made me wonder. Would it help clean up if someone crashed a truck with club soda at the same spot.

Click here to read more.

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Christmas Aftermath

So the Christmas holidays are officially over and now I’m dealing with the aftermath. Much like this plate of desert that I had for Christmas dinner I find this aftermath to be sweet and tasty. Actually much of my Christmas aftermath is directly related to this plate, because I’m dealing with some leftovers from each of these treats represented and that’s the best Christmas gift ever.

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$160,000 for a box of Chocolates?

Over the holidays a chocolate company in Scotland decided to sell their last box of handmade chocolates for an astronomical price.

Click here to read more about these chocolates.

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The Canadian Government and my Food

It appears that Health Canada wants to start putting drugs in my junk food in order to stop the spread of cancer. I’m not sure how I stand on this, I don’t mind processed food and I don’t even mind additives, I just don’t like them in my food unless they help with taste, texture, or food longevity.

Click here to read more.

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Killer Coke?

It would appear that there are certain interest groups that want to get Coke off of my school campus. I do agree that there are a lot of Coke machines on campus however there are other options and I think trying to get them banned isn’t the best way to deal with this. How about this, say you just don’t buy Cokes and either bring a drink or get something else. Then if the machines are still there then that means that a whole lot of people still buy them and therefore enjoy them and in that case you’re just being a jerk.

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A new review and stuff

Wow it looks like 2009 is almost over, and what a fun time it’s been. I expect a whole lot to come about in 2010 including the completion of my first book and calendars too. Well you kids have been great all year long and hopefully you’ll still be great next year. Enjoy the last review of 2009 and eat some candy already.

Click here to read the review.

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Merry Christmas!!!

Well I’ve unwrapped my gifts and am sitting by the tree sipping on hot cocoa. Hope you have a good holiday and I hope you eat way too much candy. If you have some extra candy this video should give you some ideas of what to do with it. Actually if you have extra candy I wonder why you’d be reading a site like Candy Critic.

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