This past week, PepsiCo, the parent conglom-erate of Lays, announced it was cutting the prices of its salty snacks by 15 percent. It’s obviously a move to boost flagging sales. But there are many reasons folks are buying fewer salty, fatty, sugary snacks…Read More →
Loads of MAINS items in the rundown this week. And many of those have a Valentine’s Day flavour. KFC does Dollar Wings and Potato Wedges + Queso for Super Bowl. And McD’s partners with Frank’s Hot Sauce to ‘kick up your day’…Read More →
I came across a post a few days back titled, I thought rather pompously, ‘The World’s Very Best Chocolate Bars, Ranked’. I jumped right into the mega-post to see where my personal all-time faves landed. And was disappointed to find some of them were not there at all…Read More →
Some of the most-beloved, legendary sand-wiches in the Western World are not the best for our health – by today’s standards. But they remain all-time faves of a vast majority of diners. Today, I’ve cherry-picked some old and some new sammy classics…Read More →
A new survey reveals that the current upsurge in cooking at home has unsuspected side effects. The food tastes better. It’s healthier. Families are doing things together again. And, as a bonus, home cooks are experiencing elevated energy and mood!Read More →
They call it ‘Million Dollar Soup’. The name alone evokes lots of yummy things. And the official photo looks like it took a million in-gredients and all day to make. But that’s an illusion! MDS takes only min-utes to prep and a few ‘extra’ ingredients…Read More →
Yesterday, we looked at Vanilla vs. Almond flavourings. Today, we journey to the other end of the flavour spectrum… If you, like many cooks out there, thought there was no material difference between White and Yellow Onions, Maggie’s here to help!Read More →
I’ll admit I chuckled to myself when I read the source story for this post. I thought every-body knew the ‘secret’ it purports to ‘expose’. But it may be one of those things just a few folks – and pro chefs – know, and the masses are unaware of…Read More →