Expedition To Slovakia II: Breads and Baked Goods
Bread is a common theme across Eastern Europe. And there are many similarities in the breads of the Bohemian neighbours – Czechia and Slovakia. But each has its own subset of specialties and traditional baked goods that set it apart from the rest of Europe, and the world…Read More →
Expedition To Slovakia I: A Neighbour Worlds Apart…
Slovakia is the southeastern neighbour of the Czech republic, once part of the same country before Czechoslovakia was divided in two after the fall of the Soviet Union. You’d think its culture and cuisine would have a lot in common with Czechia, but it’s a different world!Read More →
Sunday Musings: Will We Normalize Cannabis?
Alcohol, tobacco and caffeine became ‘normalized’ within western society after their introduction. Now that recreational weed is legal in Canada, will cannabis, cannabis infused drinks and other products become accepted as a normal part of everyday life, like alcohol, caffeine and tobacco?Read More →
Fast Food Week: Quick Service Restaurant And Snacks News!
Well… The year-end holiday specials are out in full force – in spite of the stark reality that U.S. Thanksgiving is still almost 3 weeks away. The coffee purveyors have been especially busy knocking out their festive menus, and Baskin-Robbins is bringing back their Ice Cream Turkey Cake!Read More →
Fast Food Watch: Massive Chemical Contamination!
A new survey by researchers at George Washington University (GWU) reveals that most U.S. Fast Food products (and by association, those in other Western markets) contain industrial chemicals that can cause a long list of serious health problems by disrupting the endocrine system…Read More →
Plant Protein Primer: Beans, Peas, Legumes, Pulses…
The experts all agree we’ll be relying on vegetable protein for our sustenance by 2050. We’re already seeing new products such as meat substitutes made from various various plant proteins, but the truth is, some of us have been relying heavily on veggie proteins for centuries…Read More →