Remembrance Day: Suggestions For A Retro Lunch
This is Remembrance Day in Canada, Veterans Day in The U.S., and Armistice Day in the UK. All these observances mark the end of the First World War, and honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. Let’s not forget what they ate in the line of duty…Read More →
Hyper-Palatable Foods: Killing Us Softly?
Researchers have, for the first time, looked into what the scientific community calls ‘hyper-palatable’ foods; foods that combine ingredients apt to light up people’s brain-reward neural circuitry and overpower mechanisms that are supposed to signal when we’ve had enough to eat…Read More →
Fast Food Week: Quick Service Resto And Snacks News!
It’s been a banner week for news in the Fast Food universe! A whole host of holiday treats were unveiled and we heard from the Unicode Tech Committee about new official food emojis. Not to mention celebrating the the tenth birthday of a Memorial to the death of McDonald’s in Iceland…Read More →
International Hummus: Next Great Party Dip Craze?
It never occurred to me that Hummus, the Middle Eastern Chickpea staple without which no meal there is complete, might be susceptible to some subtle (and some not so subtle) modifications making it an ideal addition to almost any regional or national cuisine…Read More →
KFC Canada Expands Sustainable Packaging Program
KFC Canada is expanding its sustainable packaging program again, announcing a trial program testing bamboo-based Poutine buckets. It’s just the latest move by the the Chicken giant towards making 100 percent of its retail packaging recoverable or reusable by 2025…Read More →
Popeye’s Chicken Sandwich Sparks Stabbing
Only in America? The Popeye’s Fried Chicken chain got more than it bargained for when it reintroduced its virally-popular Chicken Sandwich earlier this week. One man is dead and another is being sought, after the victim tried to cut into line for a Chicken Sandwich at Popeye’s…Read More →