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 →
‘Cookbook” Or ‘Cook Book’? Or Something Else Altogether?
People keep asking me which version is right: Is it ‘cookbook’, ‘cook book’, or something else altogether? I’ve seen both used in what I con-sidered authoritative publications. But it took some digging to get to the real, honest, true answer to that question…Read More →
McD’s Testing Re-Usable Con-tainers For ‘For Here’ Orders
Gleaned this story from the social media ‘food newswires’… McDonald’s is testing reusable serving containers for orders to be consumed in-store. I have some questions about what they’re made of, and how they McClean them between deployments…Read More →
Stephen Colbert’s Cook Book: ‘Does This Taste Funny?’
The name ‘Stephen Colbert’ makes many folks think of many different things. But mostly, he’s known as an incisive, amusing late night talk show host. But did you know he’s also an avid cook? And now, Stephen Colbert has his own cookbook!Read More →