COVID-19 Etiquette: Is Dining Out Now Taboo?
Doctors and other civic officials in my town are doubling down on earlier recommend- ations to avoid close contact with others to lower your risk of catching COVID-19. Social distancing’ is the new catch phrase on everybody’s tongues, and the new official guidance is, ‘Stay home!’Read More →
COVID-19: Restos Move To Protect Customers, Employees
We’ve mentioned a few of the measures restaurants are taking to protect their employees and customers from the COVID-19 virus. But those have been sidebars to other stories or mini-mentions in omnibus posts. Time now to collect them all and add a few more…Read More →
Fast Food Week: Quick Service Resto And Snacks News…
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is very evident in this week’s Fast Food news. Nevertheless, most of the big players have weighed in with new specials and new product announcements. And, though celebrations are expected to be dialed back, this is Pie / Pi Day 2020!Read More →
McDonald’s Makes Its Big Mac Even Bigger
I’d have waited until tomorrow to post this, but I felt it was too big a story to relegate to a few lines among the usual helter-skelter madness of a typical Fast Food Week headline rundown. The news? McDonald’s is rolling out new additions to its Big Mac menu, including its biggest Mac yet…Read More →
More Proof Eggs Are Okay At One A Day
Not too long ago we posted about a study by researchers at Canada’s McMaster University that concluded, “no association was found between egg intake and blood cholesterol, its components or other risk factors.” Now a new U.S. study is backing up that finding, and a similar study from 1999…Read More →
COVID19: Social Implications Surrounding Food
The COVID19 crisis is now officially a pandemic according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and it’s beginning to effect our relationship with food. There’s good news and bad news on that account. And I’m sorry to have to tell you that the news is mostly bad…Read More →