‘Sugar is bad for you!’ Who among us has not heard that old warning over and over again? But did we take it seriously? Some of us did; many of us didn’t. And what happened? We in the developed West now live in the richest societies the world has ever seen, and – absurdly – the sickest…
As I’ve mentioned before in this space, it seems some folks have had nothing better to do during the pandemic shut downs than come up with ‘novel’ (stupid?) things to do with food. A number of notable oddities (idiocies?) have surfaced in just the last week. Are they brilliant or ‘bozo’?
Here we go – into the lazy, hazy days of summer with a rather lacadazical selection of ‘major announcements from fast food and snacks vendors. No major Burgers or meal specials – but lots of hand-to-mouth temptations for weak-of-willpower and/or short-of-time types…
A full two thirds of Russia is situated west of the Urals and north of what we in Canada consider the agriculturally productive zone. Perhaps that’s why so much of its population is settled in the west, and much of its cuisine has such close ties to its Western European neighbours…
If you thought your world changed in major, noticeable ways during the height (the pre-vaccine period) of the COVID-19 ‘era’, you may be surprised to discover that it also changed markedly in small, less-regarded ways. Right down to the crap we mindlessly throw away every day…
We’ve been hearing that the U.S. military is preparing to release an official report on Unidentified Flying Objects. No one believes it will confirm that UFOs are extra-terrestrial, but at least one food company has prepared a welcome for the little green men from space – if they do arrive…