Expedition to Greece II: Desserts And Beverages
Yesterday, we looked at the most popular Greek dishes – both well-known and relatively unknown. Today. we’ll delve into the world of Greek desserts. Like many of the main dishes we explored yesterday, Greek desserts share a heritage with West Asian and Middle Eastern cuisines…Read More →
Expedition to Greece I: Ancient Traditions Still Rule The Table
Bounded on three sides by water – the Ionian, Aegean and Mediterranean Seas – and on the fourth by mountains, Greece is a food lover’s paradise, where you’ll find dishes you won’t see anywhere else, made from ingredients you’ll see everywhere else around the Mediterranean…Read More →
Expedition to Ireland: Potatoes, Cabbage And Lamb – Oh, My!
Ireland is the place you think of first when you think, cabbages, potatoes and beef stew’. And that’s not wrong, by any means. But it’s also a place where ancient history and modern tastes meet in a rare old celtic jig of sprightly culinary traditions. Lets take a look at some classic Irish specialties…Read More →
Limiting Childhood Sugar Could Have Multitudinous Benefits
‘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…Read More →
Sunday Musings: One Week’s Oddities And Idiocies
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’?Read More →
Fast Food Week: Quick Serve Resto And Snacks News
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…Read More →