Nothing jump-starts the week like coffee, and while the world rushes to drink the most elite of organic, free-trade beans, Supertaster dashes in the opposite direction with instant coffees, including Folgers, fancy-pants Starbucks VIA, and Maxwell House.

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If you're dissatisfied with your Milano cookies being stuffed with pedestrian stuff such as chocolate or mint chocolate, get ready for a Pepperidge Farm–led Boston cream pie dessert revolution.

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Because the bacon party can't, won't, and apparently don't stop, Oscar Mayer presents Bacon Dogs, hot dogs made with turkey and chicken and pork and (of course) bits of bacon.

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Hardee's brings the cardiac pain with the massive new Six Dollar Super Bacon Cheese Thickburger.

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The new Bud Light Lime Straw-Ber-Rita malt beverage packs a sugary wallop, and promises artificially flavored good times for the Memorial Day weekend.

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Go ahead, try not calling Burger King's new Boneless Rib Sandwich the BK McRib by accident. You won't be able to.

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Didn't know that SPAM made 10 varieties? Join the club. Supertaster pops open some cans and chows down on a full SPAM rainbow.

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As debate raged over the best banana slicer to buy and use at home, Supertaster tried the economical Hutzler and the Rolls-Royce-equivalent Bananza.

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McDonald's is going low(er) calorie and low cholesterol in a big way with the breakfast-friendly launch of its new Egg White Delight McMuffin.

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That damned rooster is everywhere: The latest item wearing Asian-inspired hot sauce is the Sriracha Egg Sandwich from Bruegger's Bagels.

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The pretense of supper-club surf and turf trickles down to what may be the lowest common denominator: the fast-food Chinese chain known as Panda Express.

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Upscale ice cream maker Häagen-Dazs is touting its new line of gelato as "a spoonful of Italy"; we'll be the judge of that.

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Arby's is going bread-forward with its new King's Hawaiian Roast Beef & Swiss sandwich.

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KFC is promising that its new boneless chicken—also known generically as "chicken strips"—is going to change the way America eats.

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Supertaster explores the tense U.S.-Canadian rivalry through the lens of three foods that show up in different forms on either side of the border: Kraft mac 'n' cheese, Kit Kats, and Lay's potato chips.

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For reasons not entirely clear to Supertaster, SEXCEREAL, the breakfast cereal that helps you have sex, has become a national phenomenon. He investigates.

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Kashi gets hot and steamy with its new high-profile frozen-to-hot-via-microwave Steam Meals.

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As Supertaster prepared for impending fatherhood, he got into the mood by trying three varieties of sweet potato baby food: Gerber, Full Circle, and Earth's Best.

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Honey Maid's new Grahamfuls bridge the gap between graham crackers and cookies (though we're not sure why). Plus they're vaguely healthy. But how do they taste?

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Supertaster samples Locos Tacos Doritos and takes the recursive Taco Bell/Frito-Lay trend to its natural absurd conclusion.

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The future of American pop food seems to be products based on the fever dreams of a madman, if stuff like the new Crazy Cheesy Crust Pizza by Pizza Hut is anything to judge by.

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When TV personalities wade into the world of vanity-branded packaged foods, the results aren't always pretty. Can Ina Garten (of "Barefoot Contessa" fame) pull it off with her Sauté Dinners for Two?

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Nabisco turns the old-school, people-pleasing Triscuit cracker recipe on its head with some new brown rice versions.

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FreeBird's chickens may be "Free to Roam Inside the Barns," but how freely do the company's frozen chicken products please the taste buds?

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A large Little Caesars Deep!Deep! Dish Pizza delivers eight giant slices for $8. But even at that price, is it a value?

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Will the addition of a bourbon-based sauce help elevate Hardee's Jim Beam Bourbon Thickburger to boozy new heights?

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Mountain Dew's new Kickstart soda-and-juice beverage promises to start your day right, but is it just the boost you need, or an early-morning boot to the face?

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The McDonald's Chicken McWrap has rolled out nationwide, so we put all six of its incarnations through their paces.

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Can Ommegang's new Game of Thrones tribute beer, Iron Throne blonde ale, possibly be brutal enough to keep up with the HBO swords-n-blood gorefest for which it's named?

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A lightning-fast tour of some of Burger King's new menu items: the Loaded Tater Tots, Bacon Cheddar Stuffed Burger, Piña Colada Smoothie, Turkey Burger, and Donut Holes.

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At long last, controversy comes to the staid world of Cracker Jack, as the ancient snack brand introduces coffee- and caffeine-boosted Cracker Jack'd Vanilla Mocha Power Bites.

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What do you get if you wrap a burrito with a quesadilla? A secret Chipotle menu item known as the "quesarito." It's big; it's bold; we tried one.

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A hard-hitting review of all eight crunchable components that comprise Frito-Lay's new Cheetos Mix-Ups Cheezy Salsa Flavored Snack Mix and Cheetos Mix-Ups Xtra Cheezy Flavored Snack Mix.

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The sad parade of Taco Bell novelty tacos grinds another block down the street with the addition of Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos.

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Finally: pizza available in slider-hamburger form. Thanks, Pizza Hut!

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Late-night club-fuel drink Red Bull is branching out into flavor country with its new editions; Supertaster gives the Blue and Silver flavors the old college try.

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Burger King is giving its new Smooth Roast Coffee the hard sell; Supertaster sizes it up against the flavor of its main rival, McDonald's.

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Supertaster hosts a long overdue, candid assessment of Girl Scout Cookies.

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Does anybody really care about March 2, a.k.a. National Banana Cream Pie Day? Maybe, maybe not. With the rollout of its Glazed Banana Kreme Pie in grocery and convenience stores, Krispy Kreme is hoping the snack will help the bottom line. But is it celebration-ready?

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Supertaster explores a hearty staple of winter eating: canned chili. Offerings include Hormel, Wolf, Amy's, Health Valley Organic, and Campbell's.

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A mano-a-mano showdown between Wendy's Premium North Pacific Cod Fillet Sandwich and Hardee's Charbroiled Atlantic Cod Fish Sandwich.

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Valentine's Day is a memory, which can only mean one thing: the McDonald's McCafé Shamrock Shake.

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Supertaster tries the three "Do Us a Flavor" finalists from Lay's potato chips—Sriracha, Chicken & Waffles, and Cheesy Garlic Bread—and renders his verdict on which flavor should stick around.

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Supertaster executes a horizontal tasting of hot chocolate mixes ranging from the plebeian (Swiss Miss) to the distinguished (Equal Exchange) to the truly fancy (Theo).

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All hail the newest Food in Pellet Form Experience: Fish McBites from McDonald's.

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Supertaster gets Kinky and X-Rated (liqueurs) for Valentine's Day and assesses their relative sexiness.

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Supertaster celebrates Mardi Gras in a modest, Midwestern fashion by trying out three store-bought gumbos: Zatarain's, Campbell's, and Bear Creek.

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Supertaster gets in the romantic swing of things and reviews a slew of boxed chocolates: Whitman's Sampler, Elmer Chocolate Rose Heart, Hershey's Pot of Gold, Mrs. Fields, and Dove.

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It's not fair to Chinese cuisine in general to conflate it with P.F. Chang's new line of frozen dumplings and egg rolls, but them's the breaks. Plus: red bean cakes!

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Taco Bell's new Cantina Bell Steak Burrito wants to be Chipotle so bad that Supertaster accepts its dare and tries it head-to-head against its Chipotle counterpart. (And see what Supertaster thought of the rest of the Cantina Bell Menu when he tasted it last year. Also, read about John Birdsall's encounter with "charming" Taco Bell celebrity chef Lorena Garcia.)

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Tired of craft beer drinking its lunch, Anheuser-Busch debuts a golden amber lager called Budweiser Black Crown, a craft beer with macrobrew Super Bowl marketing behind it.

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It ain't the Super Bowl unless there's a pile of guac on the table. Supertaster taste-tests four popular varieties.

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Supertaster gets (kind of) into the sports thing with a bracket contest to determine the best nationally available fast-food wings, pitting Buffalo Wild Wings against Domino's against Papa John's against Pizza Hut WingStreet. Part one of a three-video runup to the Super Bowl.

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Supertaster celebrates the birthday of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns, with the offal-licious taste of haggis, both canned and in potato chip form.

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The Whole Foods restaurant concept (Calhoun Diner here in Minneapolis) promises high-quality, carefully nurtured ingredients and comes at a premium price. The real question: How does its burger fare against the competition at Denny's?

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Winter is here—the time for the lazy person's marinara sauce is now. Supertaster stacks Prego against Ragú against Newman's Own against Giada de Laurentiis against Mario Batali.

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Kale chips promise the best of both worlds: the health benefits of kale and the edibility of chips. But between Alive & Radiant and Rhythm Superfoods, whose kale chip reigns supreme?

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Few people go to Applebee's to lose (or even just maintain) weight, but for calorie-minded folks there is a tool in Applebee’s arsenal: the Under 550 Calories menu, which just added two new chicken entrées. Supertaster tastes both the Zesty Roma Chicken & Shrimp and the Napa Chicken & Portobellos.

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Because nothing is ever good enough until it's turned into dessert: Chobani Bites, chocolate- and caramel-kissed twists on Chobani Greek yogurt.

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Can food giant Oscar Mayer pull off a plausible prepackaged interpretation of pulled pork? Supertaster tastes the refrigerated barbecue product to find out.

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Spurred by the launch of Weight Watchers 360°, Supertaster samples the line of Smart Ones frozen meals.

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Burger King is putting its chips down on poppable bite-sized offerings for 2013 with its new crispy Chicken Nuggets, Molten Fudge Bites, and reintroduced Cheesy Tots.

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Taco Bell's endless carousel of recombined ingredients has brought us the new stuffed snack Grillers, tortillas grilled and stuffed with loaded potatoes, beef nachos, or buffalo chicken.

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McDonald's fan-favorite McRib is back on offer, and Supertaster decides to try the ersatz barbecue sandwich for the first time.

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To get a head start on slimming down for the new year, Supertaster eats four lasagnas for lunch. But they're diet lasagnas! They are: Lean Cuisine, Smart Ones, Healthy Choice, and Michelina's Lean Gourmet.

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In search of a New Year's bargain, Supertaster loads up on as many under-$10 sparkling wines as he can find—and then readies himself for a massive hangover.

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Here they are: the five worst things Supertaster was compelled to ingest in the name of flavor exploration in 2012.

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Supertaster delves into his archives and ranks his five favorite pop-food taste sensations of 2012.

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Anticipating the world's end (with a possible post-apocalypse zombie crisis), Supertaster stocks up on rations, including bars from Datrex, Survivor Industries, and Emergency Suppliers. But do these food-as-fuel bars have anything to offer in terms of taste?

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'Tis the season for ridiculous flavored vodka. Supertaster raids the Smirnoff pantry and comes away with some doozies, including Iced Cake and Kissed Caramel.

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Supertaster tackles one of the season's least popular giftable (and re-giftable) food options: the fruitcake. (Featuring the criminally underrated Abbey Cake from the Society of St. John in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

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Panda Express's new Firecracker Chicken Breast promises a "sizzling" and "spicy" "delicious taste sensation." Supertaster finds out if it delivers.

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Supertaster dives into the "26 Surefire Pleasers" basket from Swiss Colony to figure out just what people get when they send one of these things. Featuring top three/bottom three rankings!

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Once upon a time, Scandinavians discovered that you can preserve fish by soaking it in caustic lye. Today, Supertaster tastes the result: the improbable Minnesota holiday treat known as lutefisk.

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Supertaster tastes an April Fools' prank gone real: Torani Chicken 'N Waffles Syrup.

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Supertaster gets in the holiday spirit with a tasting of three potato-pancake mixes: Carmel, Streit's, and Manischewitz.

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Supertaster dons a blindfold and pits regular old cow's milk against Rice Dream, Almond Breeze, Silk Soymilk, and So Delicious Coconut Milk.

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Betty Crocker presents Shake -N- Pour, cupcake mix that pours like a liquid, and Supertaster gives it a try.

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Right on time for National French Toast Day: reviews of Eggo French Toaster Sticks, Weight Watchers Smart Ones French Toast with Turkey Sausage, Jimmy Dean Delights French Toast Griddlers, and Target's Market Pantry French frozen toasts.

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Supertaster finds the trend of refrigerated ready-to-bake cookie dough deplorable, but nonetheless tries Christmas Swirled Mini Brownie Bites from Nestlé and Snowman cookies from Pillsbury. Also, a premade Christmas cookie plate from Lofthouse.

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It's that time of year again: time to suck down obscene amounts of eggnog and eggnoglike products, including Market Pantry, Organic Valley, Kemps, So Delicious, and Silk.

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Supertaster offers caffeinated salvation to the hordes planning to storm Black Friday sales, with an energy-drink tasting that includes Red Bull, Rockstar, HiBall, and 5-Hour Energy.

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Supertaster turns to Little Debbie, Oreo, and Bimbo in search of something to replace the suddenly scarce Hostess Twinkie.

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Thanks to the geniuses at Target's Market Pantry brand, we now have access to chocolate mint and red velvet chocolate Holiday Milk.

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Supertaster tackles three vegetarian turkey alternatives: the Tofurky Vegetarian Roast, the Quorn Turk'y Roast, and the Field Roast.

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McDonald's continues to develop its upmarket menu with the release of the cheddar, bacon, and onion "CBO" Angus hamburger.

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Long John Silver's rolls the dice in an attempt to perk up the franchise with fresh-cut and -fried onion rings. Supertaster heads to the Mall of America to see if the bet has paid off.

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It may be a stretch to connect classic English breakfast fare with mass-market American diner grub, but Denny's is taking a run at it with its The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Menu.

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Burger King welcomes the yuletide with its only-somewhat-dubious Gingerbread Cookie Sundae and Gingerbread Cookie Shake.

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Supertaster tackles the Greek yogurt craze, tasting products from Yoplait, Roundy's, Oikos (Dannon), Chobani, and The Greek Gods. Oh yes: Fage, too.

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Laid low by a cold, Supertaster decides to taste five different Campbell's chicken soups, from least to most expensive. The tasting features Homestyle, 100% Natural, Chunky, Slow Kettle Style, and Campbell's Go soup in a pouch.

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The popular low-cholesterol egg substitute known as Egg Beaters comes in a new triple-cheese-infused variety. Does it deliver on its promise of dairy goodness?

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The Mike's Hard limited-edition Chocolate Cherry malt liquor promises to be either a yuletide bonanza or a liquid white elephant. Which is it?

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Because every brand needs random extensions, Pepperidge Farm's excellent Milano cookies can now be had in cake form in your grocery's freezer aisle.

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Putting a classic Italian dessert like cannoli into an ice cream flavor without disrespecting the Sicilian pastry takes class and moxie. Do Ben and Jerry have what it takes?

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Supertaster gets into character and reviews a slew of Halloween candies, including a fake rat, trick-or-treating marshmallows from Jet-Puffed, and Seattle Chocolates' "bloody" orange chocolate.

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Supertaster confronts the growing trend of pumpkin-spiced whatevers (SuperAmerica cappuccinos, Hershey's Kisses, Betty Crocker cookies, Sugar Free Coffee-mate, and Roundy's ice cream) and emerges traumatized.

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Wendy's Bacon Portobella Melt promises to dump a truckload of umami on the American palate. Is that a good thing?

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After Domino's legendary and successful reboot, perennial pizza also-ran Sbarro gives it a try, with made on-site "fresh" tomato sauce and freshly shredded cheese. Will it work?

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An ambitious new line of Green Giant Seasoned Steamers microwavable vegetable sides promises to make vegetables both easy and edible. Is this seriously possible?

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A new single-serving, plastic-based wine-packaging system called Stacked Wines in Vinoware is either totally brilliant or totally stupid.

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What does Mitt Romney have to do with Chipotle, and what does Barack Obama have to do with Five Guys? An election-time dip into the politics of fast food.

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Supertaster preps for the upcoming end of bacon with six bacon alternatives: turkey bacons from Oscar Mayer and Wellshire Farms, and veggie protein bacons from MorningStar, Lightlife (Organic Smoky Tempeh Strips (a.k.a. Fakin' Bacon) and Smart Bacon), and Turtle Island Foods.

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Domino's makes the latest in a series of aggressive marketing moves and launches a new fresh-never-frozen-dough Handmade Pan Pizza.

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Intrigued by a fruit-bedecked, commercially produced "moonshine," Supertaster tries three normally hard-core Southern liquors with a sissified, dessert-forward edge: Sweet Revenge Wild Strawberry "Sour Mash," Midnight Moon Blackberry Moonshine, and Prichard's Double Chocolate Bourbon.

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Supertaster drives 300 miles to Janesville, Wisconsin—300 miles!—for the new Baskin-Robbins Waffle Chip Dippers, which are essentially "ice cream nachos." Let's just say they weren't totally worth the trip.

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Since 2003, the Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte has been a cult favorite. Supertaster plunges into the spicy froth.

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Fifteen years after graduation, Supertaster heads back to his alma mater and sees what today's UW-Madison undergrads have in terms of lunch options. Featuring visits to Union South restaurants Urban Slice, Harvest Grains, and Ginger Root.

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Supertaster takes a viewer suggestion and samples the following hot sauces: Tabasco, Tapatío, Torchbearer All Natural Sultry Sauce, Huy Fong Sriracha, and Dan's Prime Widow Maker.

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What do you get when you Americanize Mexican food so much that you have to use a bastardized Italian term to describe it? Mexican Pizza at Taco Bell, that's what.

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In honor of Oktoberfest, Red Robin throws down the tuba-and-suspenders Germanic festival gauntlet with a Sam Adams Octoberfest beer milk shake, a pretzel-bun-and-Black-Forest-ham burger, and pretzel bites with a beer-cheese dipping sauce.

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Supertaster takes a viewer suggestion and orchestrates a titanic battle of boxed mac 'n' cheeses, including Kraft, Roundy's, Velveeta, Annie's Deluxe, and Road's End Organics.

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Target and Oreos have teamed up on a product that nobody has asked for: Oreos filled with candy corn–flavored cream.

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Salted caramel and the dessertification of bacon are two major trends that Bakers Square has combined into one crazily multilayered new pie, the Salty Hog.

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Supertaster tackles a few of the new premium chicken products that Burger King is unleashing upon the world, including its popcorn chicken and chicken Parm sandwich.

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The new Parks and Rec Ron Swanson barbecue sauce was intriguing. But the idea that it's meant to be served on a 24-ounce porterhouse steak plus a 16-ounce T-bone steak, with whiskey and a cigar, was absolutely compelling.

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Supertaster pits Crest against Colgate against Tom's of Maine against Arm & Hammer against Sensodyne in a minty-fresh battle to the death.

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As Kettle Brand Potato Chips turn 30, they haul some discontinued gourmet flavors back out of the vault; Supertaster tries three (Jalapeño Jack, Cheddar Beer, and Red Chili) blind.

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Hardee's Memphis BBQ Thickburger, a "meat on meat" combination of pork barbecue and a hamburger, tastes like one thing ... and it's not actually meat.

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Supertaster heads to the Minnesota State Fair, where he does an annual deep-dive of 30 to 50 new and unusual foods. This year's offerings include fried lamb testicles and hog ankles.

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A new correspondent with Japanese connections hooks Supertaster up with a bounty of weird stuff straight from the marketplace.

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Supertaster sets his microwave on "kill" and goes after sausage and egg breakfast sandwiches from Jimmy Dean, Bob Evans, Pillsbury, Hot Pockets, and a local generic equivalent.

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The North Minneapolis–born video sensation "Hot Cheetos & Takis" inspires Supertaster to hit the local bodega and check the snacks out.

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Pretzels are heating up as an alternative to boring old bread, but do Lean Pockets Pretzel Bread Sandwiches truly represent real pretzel flavor and texture?

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Supertaster adds Sonic's new Chili Cheese Fritos Coney dog to his collection of "Brand X suped up by Brand Y" scalps.

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How do you attack a triple threat? With gusto: a taste of Hardee's cheese-and-bacon-bedecked french fries.

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In search of microwavable perfection, Supertaster tries Quinn, Pop Secret, Black Jewell, Orville Redenbacher's, and Lakota.

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A new marketing campaign and new menu items promise to reinvent Hooters. Supertaster asks: Can you really fix anything this broken?

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The bhut jolokia (or "ghost pepper") is reputedly the world's hottest—so what's it doing on a Red Robin hamburger? And is it lethal, boring, or balanced?

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Will a mass-market, five-liquors-in-one-bottle product called Captain Morgan Long Island Iced Tea be Supertaster's undoing? He gives it the old college try.

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It's dangerous, it's ridiculous, it's delicious, and it's one of the national pastimes of Australia and New Zealand: It's the legendary Tim Tam Slam.

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We all have our favorite delivery pizza chain, but who makes the best pie for the morning after? Supertaster tries Papa John's, Pizza Hut, Papa Murphy's, Domino's, and local Minneapolis deep dish favorite DiNoko's.

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Could Betty Crocker's Cocoa Puffs- and Cinnamon Toast Crunch-themed muffins be the Least Essential New Product of 2012?

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White Castle broke Supertaster's heart once before with its terrible sliders. Will breakfast be the key to its redemption?

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Pillsbury's plan of making frosting that you can shoot out of a can like whipped cream is either genius or insanity.

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For obscure reasons, the marginal, old-school candies known as Mike and Ike have emerged from the shadows to mount a major national publicity campaign. Supertaster grabs a handful (in various flavors) and tries to answer the question: WTF?

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The latest taste in lowbrow drinking is no taste at all—Supertaster gets funky with the newly released Air, which calls itself an "alcohol inspired refresher."

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A research expedition with one goal in mind: Provide an alternative to Wednesday's Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day. Featuring McDonald's, Wendy's, Popeyes, and KFC.

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At least 216,000 people have an intense devotion to chewing on ice from Sonic Drive-In. But why?

Supertaster takes on his first physical challenge and puts himself through three pseudo-Olympic trials after eating a healthy breakfast, and then after eating a lunch consisting of food from Olympic sponsors: a Big Mac and a giant Coca-Cola.

Garlic bread pizza is what you make at home when you're too lazy to make toaster-oven bagel pizza. But Pizza Hut has gone pro with it.

Is it even possible to have a taste-off between five different waters? Supertaster puts his palate to the test with Dasani, Aquafina, Minneapolis tap water, and more.

The new California Roll Smoked Salmon Sandwich at Bruegger's may be one topping too many. Or several toppings too many, for that matter.

Can Starbucks' green coffee extract (made by pulling caffeine and flavor out of coffee beans without roasting them) successfully power a breakout hit called Refreshers?

Ben & Jerry's, the titans of full-fat premium ice cream, jump into the ultrahot world of Greek yogurt with a frozen version.

Five different brands of creamy peanut butter tasted in three minutes: Jif, Skippy, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods 365, and Reginald's.

Just what we've been waiting for: a junior version of the deliberately huge Baconator from Wendy's.

What happens when the Denny's menu tours America? The ever-skeptical Supertaster hopes for the best, but finds disaster.

CHOW.com's David Pistrang (@DaveMpHound on Twitter) flies all the way out from San Francisco to offer Supertaster a blind tasting of fried pork rinds that he won't soon forget.

Supertaster takes on a classic Australian rite of passage: the yeast extract paste known as Vegemite.

Taco Bell goes upscale-casual and enters Chipotle territory. Do the Cantina Bowl and Cantina Burrito represent a true evolution?

Supertaster heads out to Seattle, Washington; meets up with viewer Daryl; and chows down on one of the city's infamous cream-cheese-laden hot dogs at Dog in the Park.

Supertaster dives into the nutrition and flavor of a suspect-sounding new Chef Boyardee product: Whole Grain Beefaroni.

Supertaster pushes frozen fare to its logical extreme: miniature Mexican food. Which is to say, El Monterey Breakfast Taquitos.

Supertaster sips on the presumably refreshing Coco Breve, a new alcoholic beverage made with coconut water.

When you think, "Trusted names in food," perhaps Larry the Cable Guy doesn't immediately come to mind. He and his branded hamburgers would like to change that.

When the power of Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls is united with the power of Hershey's chocolate, the (possibly dubious) result is Pillsbury Special Edition Cinnamon Rolls with Hershey's Icing.

Are the terms "Domino's Pizza" and "artisan" mutually exclusive, or is there some wiggle room? Supertaster tries the new Domino's Artisan Pizzas to find out.

Burger King is going on a nationwide road trip with its new line of BBQ sandwiches, and we're going with them, trying sandwiches attributed to Memphis, Texas, and the Carolinas.

Supertaster noticed that one of his Facebook friends had taken to drinking a half-liter of coffee with nearly a stick of grass-fed butter in it in the morning. It's called Bulletproof coffee, apparently. But how does it taste?

Gourmet ramen is huge coast to coast, but how do five good old-fashioned instant ramens stand up when tasted head-to-head? (Extra-credit reading: ratings from a guy who's put 670 different ramen varieties to the test.)

Supertaster tries to come to grips with the terrifying reality that is the eggroll/pizza/gut-bomb called the Pizza Hut P'Zolo.

Supertaster explores what happens when Nestlé teams up with and co-opts the perennially popular Girl Scout Cookie brand.

Supertaster visits his neighborhood ALDI - terra incognita before this - to see what wonders this German-owned discount grocery chain has to offer.

One of Supertaster's fans Down Under keeps the International Thursdays flag flying high with a care package of "lollies" and other treats.

We've tackled colas and cheeseburgers; now, the triad is complete with a five-in-three-minutes face-off between fast-food fries: McDonald's, Five Guys, Wendy's, Burger King, and KFC.

Supertaster plays with various approaches to eating PB2, the dehydrated (or should that be "de-oiled") peanut butter powder that's taken the dieting world by storm.

Supertaster brings his wry skepticism to the hype around the Burger King Bacon Sundae.

Supertaster presents three products that made it from the testing lab to regular rotation in the kitchen: So Delicious Dairy Free French Vanilla Coconut Milk Creamer, Bon Appetit Steam-Baked Parchment Meals by Schwan's, and Fantastic World Foods Vegan Taco Filling Mix.

Supertaster joins up with professional percussionist and authentic Scotsman Paul Jennings (of playcajon.org) to sample a new, ballsy Norse-god-themed scotch by Highland Park named Thor.

Supertaster gets inspired by the fancy and pricy Fentimans Curiosity Cola and does a three-minute blind head-to-head with RC, Coke, Pepsi, and the stevia-sweetened Zevia.

Supertaster jumps on the National Peanut Butter Cookie bandwagon with a tasting of three of the finest peanut butter cookies known to humanity: Nabisco Nutter Butters, Peanut Butter Creme Oreos, and Back to Nature Peanut Butter Creme Cookies.

Supertaster confronts the specter of vat-grown fungus-as-"chicken" in the form of Quorn frozen dinners: Kung Pao Chik'n and Spaghetti & Meatless Meatballs.

Supertaster tries some ready-made iced coffee by International Delight, toasts an Oreo Cakester, and puts up some sweet prizes for loyal viewers.

Combine mint, sugar cubes, and Everclear, and you've got a potent Italian dessert known as "mother-in-law sugar."

Can miso make for a full-flavored, healthier spin on traditional salad dressing?

AeroShot Pure Energy is the equivalent of a vaporized cup of coffee. And it's Supertaster's favorite new caffeine delivery device.

New little chicken bits are McDonald's defensive move against Popeyes and KFC.

Supertaster emerges from Cooler Cleanse's Raw Cooler—a three-day raw-, vegan-, organic-food cleanse—with a higher opinion of raw food and a lower opinion of his own GI tract.

Supertaster reviews new candy in time for Halloween.

Most wedding cake is pretty bad but you eat it anyway. Could a wedding cake in vodka form be any better? I decided to find out with Pearl Wedding Cake vodka.

Supertaster samples the good, the passable, and the terrible foods for students headed back to class.

International House of Pancakes enters the burger market, much to the dismay of Supertaster.

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We try Quiznos's new salad against a salad made from actual farmers' market produce. Guess which one is better?

More interesting than boring old water, but not as bad for you as soda. That's what they're going for with MiO, intended to "enhance" your water.

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Sonic draws inspiration from hot dog world capitals New York, Chicago, and Michigan.

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Taco Bell reveals a new item, shrimp tacos, in an apparent attempt to capture the high-end shrimp-eating market. Six shrimp per taco, people. Call Robin Leach.

The new Cantina Tacos from Taco Bell are cashing in on the street food trend. They're soft corn tortillas, meat, onion, and cilantro. And that's all.

James Norton bravely tests the hangover claims of White Lotus. See his full review here.

The brashest of the new McDonald's Quarter Pounders must surely be the Bacon Habanero Ranch version.

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At the rate Greek yogurt is being consumed around here, Greece won't have any of the stuff left. Case in point: La Terra Fina Greek Yogurt Dips & Spreads.

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As MiO is to water, so is OnTap Liquid Beer Enhancer to weak American lager—or so the story goes.

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Cocktails served in beer cans? Way to class it up, Red Robin!

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Perhaps because National Donut Day coincided with IHOP's celebration of its 55th birthday, we as a nation received some weird pancakes to sample, including Tiramisu and Jelly Donut varieties.

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The mainstreaming of the caramel-esque Latin American dessert dulce de leche reaches its final conclusion as McDonald's bases a milk shake on it.

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Sonic Drive-In's Summer of Shakes features a new way to enjoy bacon: mixed up with ice cream and peanut butter as a milk shake.

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Mayonnaise giants including Hellmann's, Kraft, and Miracle Whip—plus a vegan alternative—square off for an emulsified death-match.

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