FDA To ‘Reassess’ Safety Of Controversial Preservative
We’ve heard a lot about BHA – a preservative used largely in the processed food sector. That’s largely comprised of snacks, cereals and deli meats. And it’s officially been found safe. But now, the FDA is now poised to re-assess BHA…Read More →
Breakfast Poutine: Or Is It Just Newstalgized ‘Skillet Hash’?
Imagine my surprise to find that my neigh-bours across the river, in Quebec, are being subjected to a test-marketing program for what McDonald’s calls ‘Breakfast Poutine’… The stuff looks breakfasty, alright. But is it REALLY Poutine?Read More →
Consumer Reports Rated Can-ned Soups For Taste, Nutrition
Nutritionists and doctors spend a lot of time and energy vilifying canned soups as being unhealthy. Their opinion is based on tradi-tionally high levels of fat and salt. But now Consumer Reports says it’s found canned soups that are both tasty and good for you!Read More →
Researchers ‘Tag’ New Natural Sweetener From Slime Mould
Amid the headlines about beverage makers removing sugar here and adding it back there, science has moved forward. Researchers say they’ve found a new, cheap, abundant, low-Calorie, low-glucose sugar replacement – in slime mould…Read More →
I Finally Get To Try Cult-Fave ‘King’s Hawaiian’ Slider Rolls!
I’ve said before, in passing, that I wished we could get Kings’s Hawaiian bread and rolls here in Canada. I’ve dreamed of tasting them, and reviewing them. Now, my chance has come! My go-to neighbourhood supermarket has just started carrying KH products!Read More →
Tamago Sando: Japanese Egg Salad To Enjoy Warm Or Cold
We’ve been informed – by several online reviewers – of the remarkable Japanese Egg Salad Sandwich that everybody there goes to 7-Eleven for. Now, one Asian food insider dares to reveal the secrets of the REAL Egg Salad of the Land of the Rising Sun…Read More →
Chili’s Credits Its Comeback To ‘Listening To The Fans’
Chili’s was once a powerhouse Tex-Mex resto chain. But over the past few years the times – and consumer sentiment – passed Chili’s by. Sales slid. Consumer awareness evaporated. Then Chili’s brain trust had a revolutionary idea: Listen to what the fans say it should do…Read More →
New Disease-Resistent Banana Coming From Chiquita
Time for another UPDATE on the Banana Situation. The situation being that a combin-ation of Global Warming and disease is killing off traditional Cavendish banana trees by the thousands. But there’s good news! A new disease-resistant strain has been developed…Read More →