Does A Single Banana Qualify As A Full Breakfast?
Does a single banana qualify as breakfast? Japan Air Lines (JAL) seems to think so. At least, that’s what it recently served a pass-enger who had requested a vegan meal. The incident raises serious questions – both nutritional and economic…Read More →
World’s Most Expensive Repast Is ‘Out Of This World’
A Michelin-starred chef is taking his exclusive menu to new heights – both in terms of what it costs and where it’s served. How much you would pay to dine on a fabulous 50-course tasting menu – on the edge of space? It’s something only the 1 percent will experience…Read More →
Digestion And Gut-Related Facts And Fictions
Dear, darling, beloved… and occasionally annoying Sister Erin recently dropped a disturbing post she’d found on me. On the topic of digestion. I was at first repelled by the notion of discussing what happens to food after it goes ‘down the gullet’…Read More →
French ‘Leg Fetish’ Endangers Foreign Frog Populations
Frog’s Legs are back in the news, again. This time, it’s a dire warning that many frog varieties may go extinct if export harvesting – to feed the French frog leg habit – continues. Quite the opposite of the situation in North America…Read More →
Believe It Or Not: Popcorn May Help Ward Off Dementia
I’m not kidding. Nor is Dr. Xiaoran Liu, author of a new study study exploring the associ-ation of whole grain consumption with cog-nitive decline. It may sound coo-coo, but popcorn has properties proven to reduce dementia risk…Read More →
Wine Facts And Fictions You Always Wondered About…
I spend a significant amount of time, in casual conversation with folks as well as answering reader inquiries, setting them straight on common misconceptions about wine, so today I present my carefully curated collection of common wine questions…Read More →