Produce Recall Alert: Salmonella In Mexican Onions
The Canadian Food Inspection Service (CFIA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have issued emergency alerts warning consumers not to buy or consume onions grown in Mexico and sold all across North America under the ProSource Produce and other brand names…Read More →
Food Prices Rise Sharply In September – No End In Sight?
Food Prices in Canada rose dramatically last month – along with those in the U.S. and Western European nations. What’s causing the spike? Will prices moderate again? If so, when? It may depend on how soon current supply chain disruptions ease. It looks like it will be an expensive winter…Read More →
Big Mac Price Reflects Nations’ Economies, Cultures
Sounds funny, on the face of it, to suggest that the retail price of a ubiquitous Fast Food menu item could prove an effective comparator to gauge the relative strength or weakness of a country’s economy. But the global footprint of a foodservice behemoth like McDonald’s makes it possible…Read More →
Expedition To Australia III: All Hail The Amber Nectar!
Who can think about Australian beverages and not immediately come up with a picture of the aforementioned Paul Hogan caressing a can of Foster’s Lager? That’s how North America was introduced to Fosters in here in 1972. But there’s much more to Aussie quaffs than that!Read More →
Expedition To Australia II: Breads And Sweets, Mate!
When the rest of the world thinks of Australia, there’s a lingering concept of ‘the outback’ that pervades the whole picture. Even today, Australia is thought of as a land of rugged ranchers and intrepid outdoorsmen, and its traditional breads echo that image in simplicity and heartiness…Read More →
Expedition To Australia I: Fire Up The Barbie!
Thanks to media sensations the likes of Paul Hogan (‘Crocodile Dundee’) and the late Steve Irwin (naturalist and showman), the rest of the world is well acquainted with the boistrous, hearty Australian stereotype. Well, I’m here to tell you, it extends to their food, too!Read More →