Soaring cocoa prices have driven chocolate products (almost?) out of the average con-sumer’s reach. And that trend has triggered a burgeoning interest in alt-coca products. And that’s why food processing giant Cargill has launched NextCoa…Read More →
One of the first commercially-concocted ‘lost culinary treasures’ that I came into contact with was Swiss Chalet’s famous dipping sauce. Of course, it wasn’t lost back then. But the Chalet has faded into the family-resto back-ground in recent years…Read More →
It’s about time. Beef Producers have been defending their soaring prices with vague economic ref-erences. Now, the US Justice Department is taking affirmative action. The DOJ has launched an antitrust investigation into the US Beef industry…Read More →
A Biblical saying cautions that, “Man cannot live by bread alone.” And alt-meat pioneer Beyond has learned it can’t live by plant-based meat substitutes alone. Beyond Foods is branching out into protein drinks as part of its corporate turnaround program…Read More →
It’s a true Canadian Classic – but few outside the Lakehead region have ever heard of it. I refer, of course, to the legendary Persian Roll. Its history is as intriguing as its recipe. And above all, it’s the best Cinnamon Roll I’ve ever tasted…Read More →
The anti-UPF advocates are determined to make processed foods manufacturers pay for the damage they’ve done to the US populat-ion. A class action lawsuit is seeking (US)$1 billion in damages from 12 makers of UPFs for ‘tortious and unlawful conduct’…Read More →
I love cabbage. I make so secret of it. That’s why at least half a dozen cabbage recipes pop up in this space every year… But I continue to hear folks tell me they hate the stuff. Well… Vogue (no less!) has declared 2026 is the ‘Year of the Cabbage’!Read More →
This post will not be exactly what I’m sure you’re expecting after that headline. But it will cover the ground you expect it to trav-erse – part-and-parcel of a rant about ‘entitled’ young writers who point out the obvious to their readers…Read More →