As you know, we didn’t have a Fast Food Week or Sunday post last weekend, due to a massive power outage across the Ottawa region caused by a series of EF2 and EF3 tornadoes Friday afternoon and evening. So, now, we’re going to catch up with a bumper edition of FFW!Read More →
When I was little, my mother ‘tsk’ed me, saying that my eyes were bigger than my stomach. Turns out overeating does have something to do with what you see on the platter. But, essentially, it’s the result of a victory for the bad guys in a war between two groups of brain cells…Read More →
Not just sad, but maybe angry or depressed. New research reveals the scientific reason behind the link between hunger and mood. And, not surprisingly, science has pinned responsibility for the link on one of the foremost health issues of our modern world: hunger simply stresses you out…Read More →
My dad’s side of the family came to Canada in the1830s from the extreme north of England and settled in what is now Eastern Ontario to milk dairy cows and make Cheese. Imagine my surprise and delight to find my ancestral town’s favourite bakery in the national news spotlight this week!Read More →
Great question. Just after 6 p.m. last Friday evening, a pair of tornadoes and a scattering of microbursts hit Canada’s National Capital Region (Greater Ottawa; where I live) destroying hundreds of homes and businesses and leaving 142,000 addresses without electricity…Read More →
A new study on food waste by the Univésité du Quebec à Montréal (UQAM) postulates that less food would be wasted if more people knew what the ‘Best Before’ date on their food purchases actually means. And supermarkets are complicit in this needless waste in their stocking policies…Read More →