Category Archives: Thinking Outside the Flavour Box

Thinking Outside the Flavour Box: Oktoberfest

Yesterday, TK, Webmaster Mike, and I all went to the Beau’s Brewery Oktoberfest celebration in the pouring rain, where we drank copious amounts of beer and listened to polka music. While the festival itself wasn’t really anything to write home … Continue reading

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Thinking Outside the Flavour Box: Strange Foods from the T&T Supermarket (Part 2)

(Click the images in this article for larger views) Thinking Outside the Flavour Box returns with the thrilling conclusion of Gill and the Brothers Nitro sampling the bizarre eats available at the T&T Supermarket! When we last saw our heroes, … Continue reading

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Thinking Outside the Flavour Box: Strange Foods from the T&T Supermarket (Part 1)

(Click on the images in this article for larger views) Upon hearing of my quest to broaden my flavour horizons by sampling strange foods from other cultures, Vince Nitro immediately informed me that there was an enormous Asian supermarket near … Continue reading

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Thinking Outside the Flavour Box: Pork Rinds and English Ale

Pork rinds may not seem like too adventurous a flavour experience to some of you readers, but I’ve been wondering about these things since I was a kid and yet have always found myself just a little too grossed out … Continue reading

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Thinking Outside the Flavour Box: Ten Dollars of Random Ethnic Snack Foods

After writing a review of the strange beverage known as Marley’s Mellow Mood, I’ve found myself increasingly intrigued by the bizarre items that take up space on grocery and corner store shelves. I’ve often passed by a strange food product … Continue reading

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Thinking Outside the Flavour Box: Getting Mellow With Marley

It was noon and the fridge was empty, so I wandered over to the local Hartman’s with the goal of picking up a Bombay chicken salad and a beverage to call my lunch. What I found…was something most unusual. A … Continue reading

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Make Food The Tom Lando Way! – “The Irish Fire Axe”

I hath returned with a new extreme sandwich! This one had a lot more planning put into it – I decided to make it for a specific event, and I got a friend with much greater cooking experience than I … Continue reading

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Make Food The Tom Lando Way! – “The Great White Machete”

This week, Tom Lando is not feeling particularly sexy… but he IS feeling pretty damn hungry! Ok, enough writing in the third person. Tom Lando here, with another article for The Back Row, but a slightly different kind of article. … Continue reading

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Elvis’ Death Day!

Today is August 16th, 2010, and exactly 33 years ago, Elvis Presley was found dead on his bathroom floor in Memphis. The supposed cause of his death was due to drugs, but after today, I know what killed the King … Continue reading

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