Altoids have been around forever, at least in candy years; more than 200 years now to be precise. Produced by Callard & Bower-Suchard in Great Britain, Altoids have a long and storied tradition. History In the late 1780′s, during the rule of King George III in England, a confectionary company called Smith & Company...
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When I was in Singapore, I had a few encounters that reminded me why I love to travel, finding instances that were not typical for me in the US. One was finding a ban on chewing gum, coupled with the fact that the sidewalks were blessedly free of those ugly black, sticky spots that...
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You see that distinctive beige triangular box and immediately you just know its going to be good, and unless you have the will power of Lance Armstrong, you know you are not going to stop with one square, err triangle portion, but settle in for the long haul. You know what I am talking about, resistance is...
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The meteoric rise in popularity of salted caramel blew me away, and apparently I was not the only one, as the New York Times devoted a recent article to this phenomenon. Salted caramel was named flavor of the year. I googled ’salted caramel’ and got over 3 million hits. It got to the point where...
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