Toronto To Ban ‘Surveillance Pricing’ On Groceries
Canada’s largest city is acting to outlaw sur-veillance pricing – a more complex applicat-ion of what in the past has been called ‘op-portunity’, or ‘surge’ pricing. Now it’s possible to for AI systems adjust the price you pay based on your personal information…Read More →
Egg Price-Fixing Settlement To Include… Actual Eggs!
You might have missed it. The settlement in the $ billion US egg price-fixing case has been approved by the courts. And it’s giving more than money back to consumers who paid too much for eggs. And they’re pledging to give back actual eggs…Read More →
Jane And The Beanstalk: A New-stalgized Fairy Tale Come True!
An inquisitive Instagrammer wanted to know what would happen if she planted the con-tents of a packet of dried bean soup mix. And even she was surprised by what happened. What started as an online prank became an educational odyssey…Read More →
Fairy Tale Eggplant With Crispy Shallots And Thai Dressing…
And speaking of Fairy Tales… We are irresist-ibly drawn to present, for your approval, a wild and crazy, yet fundamentally healthy dish you can whip up alongside any cookout main. Behold! Fairy Tale Eggplant with Crispy Shallots and Thai Dressing…Read More →
Food Insecurity Threatens Public Health In Ontario!
Another step closer to starvation? Southwest-ern Ontario Health Units report a drastic in-crease in ‘health issues’ involving residents across the area, west of Toronto and south of Lake Huron. The reason? Food has been priced out of reach for many…Read More →
Walmart Cuts Grocery Prices – For The Summer…
We’ve heard before, how the mega-food re-tailers wield almost unbelievable power over producers and manufacturers. That may be the lever Walmart is pulling to offer the deep price cuts on what it calls ‘essentials’ over the summer…Read More →
Truth Time: The Air In Chip Bags ISN’T Air At All!
The air in your chip bag isn’t air. It’s some-thing more sophisticated, and it’s there to make your snacks more enjoyable. Here’s how chip makers learned about the physics of the snack shipping process and the chemistry of freshness…Read More →
Grill Season Goodies: BBQ Chicken Garlic Bread ‘Pizza’
I was floored when I came across today’s feat-ured recipe. I’d made it a thousand times, us-ually when I had nothing planned for dinner and very little in larder. Now, it’s an official ‘dish’! Have you ever thrown together a BBQ Chicken Garlic Bread Pizza?Read More →