From the monthly archives:

January 2009

As a Featured Foodbuzz Publisher, The Reluctant Eater occasionally has the opportunity to sample new and developing food products. The reviews are optional, and may be positive or negative.
In the interest of total confusion, quaker just released it’s ninth granola bar into the wild (that count excludes granola bites and muffin bars, both of which [...]

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I’ve been complaining about high fructose corn syrup for some time now, despite the fact that it apparently qualifies as “natural” under FDA guidelines. Natural or not, the danger is that this highly refined sugar can be put into just about any food. Our primal tendency to eat sweet foods (which have the highest concentration [...]

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Today, my mom suggested that I eat some chicken soup to help me feel better (I refuse to admit I am sick, because I never get sick). “It isn’t just an old wives tale, it actually works” she said. Although I humored her at the time, I’ve since been proven wrong by the great and [...]

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A while back, I wrote a guest post about Clif Zbars - a psuedo-energy bar aimed at children. Since that isn’t the type of thing I normally write about here at The Reluctant Eater, I had the article published here on allclimbing.com.
I struggle with whether or not I should discuss packaged food products here on [...]

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Before scrolling down, think to yourself for a moment. Uncrustable. It’s an odd word to use to describe a food product, right? What could it be? I’ll save you the guesswork.

Yes, apparently making PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY sandwiches is too much trouble for parents in today’s go-go world. What they need is for someone else [...]

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