We’re all aware of the strict Italian Denomin-azione d’Origine Protetta (Protected Desig-nation of Origin) laws for foods. Now, Italian lawmakers are up in arms about a ‘fake’ Car-bonara Sauce being marketed across the EU by a Belgian company…Read More →
As faithful followers will have guessed, I’m a big movie fan. One of my all-time fave flics is The Shawshank Redemption. But I discovered there was a lot I didn’t know about the aca-demy-award-winning film when I came across a post at Explored Planet (EP) the other day…Read More →
US President Donald Trump told reporters during a scrum on Airforce One last week, told reporters he’s single-handedly lowered the price of food by as much as 25 percent. Trump also renamed the traditional Thanksgiving ‘fixings’ to ‘surroundings’.Read More →
You all know how I feel about those ‘glossy magazine’ stories featuring absurd numbers of variations on a certain culinary theme. Now, Delish! is offering us ’62 Appetizers [That] Might Just Be The Best Part Of Thanksgiving’.Read More →
Duane Roberts passed away this past week. He is credited with inventing the world’s first-ever mass-marketed frozen burrito. Roberts was just a teenager when he began his career, working at his parents’ meat company, Butcher Boy Food Products Inc.Read More →
It’s truly a mixed bag in this week’s Fast Food rundown! And we have entries in every cate-gory… The overall theme is Christmassy Green and Red – even if one green item is a Dill Pickle lovers’ convention in Texas. And the Grinch has also shown up…Read More →
Last Friday, US President Donald Trump told reporters he had made major inroads on his campaign promise – since echoed many times in his public addresses – to lower food prices. But observers say, his ‘plan’ to achieve that doesn’t make sense…Read More →
Anthony Bourdain’s unexpected suicide cut short his popular CNN TV series Parts Un-known. Other networks rushed in to offer something to fill the void. Now, CNN has joined the fray with a series of new food/travel specials featuring Bourdain…Read More →