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Martin Peyruc
May 14, 2024
Heinz Pickle Ketchup
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. Sorry, the Ides of March always gets me worked up. So does Vehicle by The Ides of...


Martin Peyruc
Mar 24, 2024
Coca-Cola Spiced
Foolish adventurers, you’ve entered the Crypt of the Relentless Gargoyle! Make your peace with the hereafter, for here you shall surely…...

Martin Peyruc
Feb 25, 2024
Cheetos Flamin’ Hot Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn
Hey there, gentle reader, come on in and let me regale you with tales of the cuisines I’ve found on my many expeditions. Or, if you...


Martin Peyruc
Dec 9, 2023
Van Leeuwen Dill Pickle French Ice Cream
Greetings, chums (I like the term chums, it’s friendly, but it’s also a reminder that I will dump you into shark-infested waters if...


Martin Peyruc
Oct 30, 2023
McDonald’s 2023 New Sauces: Mambo and Sweet & Spicy Jam
Greetings, loyal readers! As for my disloyal readers, your perfidiousness (am I torturing my translators, or do I like to talk like a...


Martin Peyruc
Oct 16, 2023
Doritos Late Night Loaded Taco
Good evening. It probably isn’t night, but I’m pretending. I’m Method writing, so I can be even more insufferable and have people take me...


Martin Peyruc
Oct 6, 2023
Nothing Bundt Cakes Churro Dulce de Leche Bundtlet
My new corporate masters have cracked the whip and I’m ashamed to admit it, but I kind of liked it. This is mostly because I’m a deviant...


Martin Peyruc
Sep 25, 2023
General Mills Carmella Creeper Cereal
Good morning, readers! It’s probably not morning when you see this, but since I’m reviewing a cereal today, just let me have it. Carmella...


Martin Peyruc
Sep 19, 2023
Coca-Cola Y3000
Greetings friends, readers, and perhaps a few arch-nemeses; I, The Reckless Gastronome, have returned from the future with a new...


Martin Peyruc
May 13, 2023
Coca-Cola Clear Lime
Wow, so it’s been four years since I’ve written anything as the Reckless Gastronome, so please forgive me if I’m a bit out of practice....


Martin Peyruc
Sep 2, 2021
Sweet and Salty Chocolate Fudge Combos
Sweet and salty, it is a flavor that has become popular lately, although not one that applies to people if my love life is any...


Martin Peyruc
Jan 24, 2016
Peanut Hottie
Have you ever had a need you didn't know existed? An experience that shifts your world view? I myself had never thought of heating an...


Martin Peyruc
Dec 13, 2015
The Peeps Show!
Who doesn't crave eating the young of flightless domesticated avians? Way back when the years still started a nineteen, you could only...


Martin Peyruc
Nov 10, 2015
Ruffles All Dressed Potato Chips
It looks like the United States' longest unsecured border has been breached. Normally at this point I'd gently tease our neighbors to the...


Martin Peyruc
Sep 7, 2015
Lay’s NY Reuben Potato Chips
As everyone agrees, the famous Reuben Sandwich is is named after its inventor the famed actor, Paul Reubens. In fact you can the very first


Martin Peyruc
Aug 15, 2015
Southern Biscuits and Gravy Chips
I have to confess the concept of gravy always makes me nervous. I've spent enough time in hospitals (no, not for food poisoning) that I...


Martin Peyruc
Nov 2, 2014
Blue Plate Special Blackberry Cobbler Soda
Good thing they let me know that it's a cobbler soda, otherwise I would have thought its a pie soda, and that would be ridiculous. Could...


Martin Peyruc
Oct 11, 2014
Opies Pickled Walnuts
I have never heard of these. It never even crossed my mind that you could pickle nuts of any kind, much less walnuts. According to...


Martin Peyruc
Oct 1, 2014
Lester’s Fixins Peanut Butter & Jelly Soda
Is there anything more classic than the peanut butter and jelly sandwich? According to Wikipedia the average American will eat 1,500 of them


Martin Peyruc
Sep 27, 2014
Calbee Snapea Crisps Wasabi Ranch
Interesting, I guess they can make Cheetos out of stuff other than corn. Actually it's not accurate to compare these to Cheetos, because...


Martin Peyruc
Sep 20, 2014
MoonPie Salted Caramel
It's almost hard to believe that salted caramel until the early 2000's was considered a gourmet treat. It has slowly worked it's way down...


Martin Peyruc
Sep 19, 2014
Bacon Mamma Jamma Bacon Jam
My family in Argentina always have a hard time with the words ham and jam. In Spanish ham is spelled jamon but pronounced ham-on (yes, I...


Martin Peyruc
Sep 5, 2014
Ginger Teriyaki Candied Bacon
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Martin Peyruc
Sep 1, 2014
Bruce Cost Ginger Ale Unfiltered Original
Do you like ginger? Do you really like ginger? I don't mean gingers, our fair skinned and red haired friends (they are great, though). I...


Martin Peyruc
Aug 28, 2014
Vosges Smoky Tellicherry Bar
I find it fitting to review this bar as I approach one hundred reviews, because it was a very similar chocolate bar that started me down...


Martin Peyruc
Aug 4, 2014
Wahta Pure Maple Water
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...


Martin Peyruc
Jul 22, 2014
Rooibee Red Tea Vanilla Chai
Time to try something "healthy". I put healthy in quotes because like every health food fad there are hundreds of things it'll...


Martin Peyruc
Jul 22, 2014
The South Bend Chocolate Company Chocolate Bacon Crunch
Today my faith in humanity has been crushed. What kind of sick monster puts Bac Os bits in chocolate? Did they not receive hugs as a...

Martin Peyruc
Jul 13, 2014
Zapp's Spicy Cajun Crawtators Potato Chips
What in the world is a Crawtator? Is it some manner of crayfish potato alligator mutant hybrid? Do people eat them or do they eat people?...


Martin Peyruc
Jul 8, 2014
Xing Juice Blackberry Grape
Blackberry and grape, it seems like such an obvious combination that it's surprising there aren't more things featuring them like a fruit...


Martin Peyruc
Jul 4, 2014
Pringles Xtra Screamin' Dill Pickle
Pringles Xtra Screamin' Dill Pickle


Martin Peyruc
Jul 4, 2014
Rite Aid Pantry Thai Spice Almonds
I don't get to eat a lot of Thai food, much of it contains coconut and I have a nasty allergy to that. So with that being said, I have no...


Martin Peyruc
Jun 22, 2014
Tramier Basil Olives
French olives from Spain and sold in the United States. Well that's certainly international. Somebody certainly went through the effort...


Martin Peyruc
Jun 16, 2014
Wisconsin's Finest Smoked Ham Sausage
I really have to respect this, most people would be content simply having made ham, a foodstuff in its own right, but to go the extra...

Martin Peyruc
Jun 13, 2014
Abali Yogurt Soda Mint Flavor
Never before have I earned the description reckless so much as when I ordered this. This was without a doubt the most heinous thing I've...


Martin Peyruc
Jun 10, 2014
Tums Chewy Delights Ultra Strength Very Cherry
Due to my incautious nature when it comes to interesting comestibles I frequently find myself with an ailment I commonly call a "sour...


Martin Peyruc
Jun 10, 2014
Ulker Biskrem Cinnamon
Romanian (I think) cookies I found in a Persian market. They have a crispy cinnamon outside and are filled with cocoa cream. These are...


Martin Peyruc
Jun 9, 2014
Peeps Party Cake
It's quite disappointing, really. The cake flavouring is indistinguishable from the regular Peeps marshmallow taste. It's just a blue...


Martin Peyruc
Jun 9, 2014
Buffalo Bob's Buffalo with Beef Stick Mild
Tender, juicy and mild, this was quite nice. Not sure I could taste any buffalo-ness to it, but it's way better than a regular Slim Jim....


Martin Peyruc
Jun 8, 2014
Ramen Burger with Ginger Teriyaki Candied Bacon and Wasabi Mayo
Not as good as I had hoped, the ramen bun was not as strong tasting as one would hope. The bacon was delicious but since it was candied...
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