If it wasn’t bad enough that coffee industry watchers were predicting the extinction of java fans’ beloved Arabica strain later in this century (due to climate change), now another scourge is threatening that plant in Central America, source of a lot of our ‘better’ coffee.Read More →
A consortium of senior Canadian medical and health groups has come out united in favour of banning junk food ads that target children. That includes not only fast food but sugary cereals, beverages and other processed foods. Understandably, some manufacturers will be upset.Read More →
McDonalds has announced it is discontinuing its popular third-pound Angus Burger – at least in the U.S. The reason? The company can’t pass on the recent steep increases in beef prices to customers and stay competitive in its ferociously competitive market.Read More →
A popular food blog associated with Yahoo! News this week published the results of a taste test, by two noted foodies, of five different mega-brand spreadable margarines. The tasters then dared to compare margarine and butter!Read More →
After almost 15 years, a select group of Canadian cheese consumers will get a break on the price of Mozzarella. Those consumers are the local, ‘mama and papa’ independent pizza vendors whom we all know and love.Read More →
Believe it or not, there is a ‘proper’ way to arrange foods in your fridge and freezer. And following these simple guidelines will help you keep foods fresh longer and help minimize cross-contamination.Read More →
My friend, Cathy, emailed me the other day asking, “What is your idea of a healthy diet and what are essentials we should have?” That’s a deceptively simple question – with a potentially very complex answer!Read More →
If the Morgan Spurlock fast food exposé Super Size Me didn’t convince you that fat, salt and sugar are addictive, then this will. Seems a stray cat in New Zealand ‘adopted’ a suburban McDonalds franchise and ate nothing but the McFood it could scrounge and beg for more than a year…Read More →