2026 Food Sentiment Index: More Than Just Numbers…
Yesterday, we brought you the key points of the Spring 2026 edition of the Canadian Food Sentiment Report. But the way Canadians are feeling about food and how that’s changing go way beyond the numbers. Dr Sylvain Charlebois offers his analysis…Read More →
Nova Scotia Liquor Store Shoplifting Thefts Skyrocketing
The term ‘rocket fuel’, when applied to booze, has taken on a new significance in Nova Scotia. Booze theft is skyrocketing. Police there recently raided a house in Dartmouth, NS, and seized stolen spirits worth more than $20,000…Read More →
Horton’s Breaks Tradition – Adds New Timbit Flavours
Canadians are staunch traditionalists, eh? So when Tim Horton’s decides to add new Timbit flavours, there’s bound to be ‘talk’… For the first time in ages. Tim’s is adding four new Timbits flavours. It’s an update honouring the cultures of Canada, Italy, France and Brazil!Read More →
Tucci: Elevated, Simplified Grilled Cheese Sammy
Wouldn’t you know actor/foodie/recipe-blog star Stanley Tucci would come up with what may be the simplest, most elegant, most delicately flavoured, newstalgized Grilled Cheese Sandwich? It takes only three ingred-ients, and mere moments to prepare…Read More →
Canada Food Sentiment Report 2026: Omnivore Diet Waning
We’re all, by our nature and heritage, omni-vores. That means we eat everything that’s edible – meat or veg. But the new Canada Food Sentiment Report says that approach to eating is fading in favour of what nutritionists call ‘flexitarianism’…Read More →
Diet A Factor In New Surge Of Heart And Stroke In Women
Women never used to be mentioned in the same breath as ‘heart disease’. It was over-whelmingly men who suffered heart attacks and strokes. But in the new Millennium it seems women are catching up with men, in terms of cardio risk…Read More →
Favourite Ice Cream Flavours: The More Things Change…
“The more things change,” the old saying goes, “the more they stay the same.” When it comes to Ice Cream, that’s definitely true. There are classic, ‘permanent’ ice cream fav-ourites, and there are newer ones that pop onto and off of the list from year to year…Read More →
The New Croissante? Behold The Mexican Concha!
We, as food lovers, have weathered a number of storms in the past decade, involving crazy ideas for baked goods. Remember the Cronut? The Wonut? I think it’s time to reach into the ‘retro’ bag and pull out something just as novel, but much nicer – and REAL…Read More →