The Reckless Gastronome Martin Peyruc, Reporter Olé, Olé, Olé, my dear friends it is once again time for my quadrennial attempt at caring about sports. I tried caring more frequently, but I have a hard time letting my mood be in the control of people I’ve never even met, so I only let myself get worked up rarely. I gave the Olympics a shot, but there’s just too many sports that I can’t even figure out how to recognize a good performance (I’m currently watching Yuri!!! on Ic

The Reckless Gastronome Martin Peyruc, Reporter, Life News Today I’m afraid I have disappointing news, the quirky fusion salsa I enjoyed so many years ago is gone. Not to be melodramatic (but I am) it’s a bit like finding out an old acquaintance passed on. Sure, they weren’t close friends and you hadn’t seen them in years, but you truly wished the best for them and the fact they are gone makes things feel a bit “less”. I can’t think of an English word for it, but one of the

The Reckless Gastronome Martin Peyruc, Reporter Hello readers, it’s Your Idol, the Reckless Gastronome. Or perhaps I should say annyeonghaseyo since today I am doing a Takedown of Nongshim’s K-Pop Demon Hunters line of Shin Ramyun. If somehow you live even deeper than I do under a rock, K-Pop Demon Hunters is a wildly popular animated movie on Netflix. If you can’t get the premise from the title, I don’t think any attempt I make to explain will help (it’s really good, it’s

The Reckelss Gastronome Martin Peyruc Reporter, Life News Today Ciao, bella, the Reckless Gastronome greets you, although Bella Ciao is speaking to me a lot more these days (look it up). If you aren’t a polyglot, that means hello (or goodbye in other contexts) beautiful in Italian, which is introduction enough for today’s review, Nutella Peanut. I have to admit I’ve been looking forward to this product for a couple years now. No, I don’t have that much of an inside track fo

The Reckless Gastronome, Martin Peyruc, Life News Today April 16, 2026 In our weekly meeting at Life News Today, someone suggested a throwback of the Blueberry Flavor Scorpion Sucker (titles are in the order they appear on the packaging, but no one actually talks that way). My immediate response to colleagues was simple: “I will never forget the sensation of eating a fingernail.” The room went silent, followed by collective gasps and, somehow, encouragement. They insisted I r

By The Reckless Gastronome, Martin Peyruc Reporter, Life News today Greeting weary travelers, do you seek food enlightenment? Oh, you are here to see if I drop dead from eating weird stuff. Ok, I can work with that. To be honest I’m playing it a bit safe this article (I absolutely cannot eat another thing as repugnant as The Colonel’s Favorite Jellybeans, hey, editor this would be a great place to put a hyperlink, I know you can do it, I believe in you) and I found something

By Martin Peyruc The Reckless Gastronome Life News Today It is not surprising that Buffalo Bob is still selling elk sticks, people have been eating elk since somebody first thought “betcha a pointy stick would make this easier, dontcha know” (what, you give our earliest hominid ancestors a different, but equally unlikely accent?), but what has changed are the views around it. Game meats went from the only game in town (see what I did there?) to noble luxury, to poor person

The Reckless Gastronome Reporter, Life News today Greetings and salutations, my esteemed readers. Too formal? Hey buddies, you are not going to believe what we’ve got today. Somebody thought it would be a good idea to make Kentucky Fried Chicken jellybeans. Wait, sorry, I’m approaching this too negatively. As I always say, “not in the face”, or more relevantly “keep an open mind.” I like KFC, I like jellybeans, there no reason I won’t like these. Sure, confectioners historica

Martin Peyruc Reporter, The Reckless Gastronome Life News Today Greeting my squeaky-clean readers, once again I, The Reckless Gastronome, get down and dirty with something that many people aren’t even sure if its food. Sure, bubble gum is a paradox. It’s candy that you chew but don’t eat. Then to make things more confusing, Mr. Bubble is a bubble gum scented bubble bath (I have the feeling I’m going to be saying “bubble” so many times that it becomes a gibberish word in my he

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I found myself reviewing Liquid I.V. Hot Chocolate in the immediate aftermath of a January 2026 winter storm, because nothing says “professional food journalism” like chiseling yourself out of ice while questioning the tiny weather gnomes that apparently live inside your phone. Cold, sweaty and dehydrated, I decided this was less a moment for a deep dive into pre-Columbian cacao and more a moment for electrolytes. Yes, electrolytes. The same magical substances that keep your

Jelly Belly Draft Beer Jelly Beans Follow-Up: A Decade Later, Still in Production

By Martin Peyruc Reporter Life News Today, The Reckless Gastronome Happy Holidays everyone! Now seeing as this article is coming out long after Yule, Christmas, New Years, and all the other winter events, the holidays I’m wishing well for are Martin Luther King Jr. Day (assuming someone hasn’t abolished it yet) and Groundhog’s Day. I do want to apologize for the infrequent new articles, between the holidays, my day job, and my fifth wedding anniversary (I included that one ju

Martin Peyruc, Reporter Life News today, The Reckless Gastronome Whenever I think of peanut brittle I think of the old cans that had a spring snake inside that would jump out to scare you when you opened the lid. A good portion of me was expecting that when I opened this bag. I expected to be horrified, and to be fair it is a shade of green that would make the Incredible Hulk go green with envy if he wasn't already green.I really shouldn't trust my expectations. It's actual

Smoked Bologna

In June 2014, the Reckless Gastronome wrote about Burts British Spicy Chorizo Potato Chips with all the enthusiasm of someone discovering a snack that arrived straight from the heavens, well, from Devon, England, which is close enough. He called them “bloody brilliant,” and meant it. They had a smoky sweetness, a polite hint of spice and the unforgettable charm of a hand-cooked label proudly stating which individual cooked them. Those chips vanished from the office faster tha

Mountain Dew Baja Blast Pie

By Martin Peyruc, Life News Today The Reckless Gastronome Greetings my fellow travelers on the path of gustatory wonders, I am the Reckless Gastronome, and I will guide you to where few are foolhardy enough to follow. My last couple articles have been a bit on the long side, so I will strive to keep this one on topic (not my strong suit.) So how did anyone even think this was a good idea? I understand the loose concept that a lot of companies make products that are less des

By Martin Peyruc What’s the matter smoothskin, never seen a Reckless Gastronome before? (Note to self, get some moisturizer.) I’m going to warn everyone now, that I’m a huge Fallout fan, so if you don’t get my references (and I plan to CRAM as many as I can) you probably should grab a copy of The Wasteland Survival Guide. I’ve been playing since Fallout 3 came out in 2008 and have played and continue playing almost all of them, including Fallout Shelter, but not Fallout 76 (I

Hello readers, free spirit (or perhaps chaos demon) that I am, I’m jumping around the various yearend holidays, so I may end up doing things out of order, so if whim strikes me Halloween may be next, or perhaps I’ll jump straight to the next big holiday, Groundhog Day (I can’t be bothered to check the calendar.) I really hope I don’t have to eat a groundhog, I bet they repeat on you.

Hatfield Pumpkin Spice Flavored Thick Cut Bacon

by Martin Peyruc, The Reckless Gastronome — Life News Today Originally published Aug 5, 2014. O Canada, don't you know maple is for pancakes, not for drinking (the scene from Super Troopers not withstanding)? I picked this up out of sheer curiosity as I frequently do, but once I did a bit of research (after I try something new I like to look up if it's going to kill me) I found out this is supposed to be healthy! Maybe. It's the new coconut water (which I've never had since I

Martin Peyruc, The Reckless Gastronome — Life News Today Originally published on Saturday, Sep. 27, 2014. Interesting, I guess they can make Cheetos out of stuff other than corn. Actually, it’s not accurate to compare these to Cheetos, because they really have nothing in common other than texture. According to the package they are made 70% out of peas and are even shaped to resemble pea pods just in case you forgot what you were eating. I'm also quite impressed with the wasab