Pizza Hut Logo - © Pizza Hut

Summer is here – unofficially – and the Fast Food kingdom is declaring its love for the season with a whole flock of limited time come-backs for legacy menu items. And the first Nutella Café is now open in Chicago. We wonder if the concept has the ‘legs’ to become more than a just a passing fancy…Read More →

Tim's Coffee Mug - © Tim Horton's

Tim Horton’s franchisees are unhappy with their masters, the holding company that also owns Burger King, even though profits are up and the chain can still claim to serve Canada’s most loved Coffee. The problem is the corporate style that is trickling down from above since the chain was bought out…Read More →

Pure Canadian Maple Syrup

You thought this spring was a little weird, weather-wise? Well, Quebec Maple Syrup Producers think it was just dandy, thank you. They’re reporting a record harvest. While I congratulate them on their productivity, I still have some major bones to pick about their marketing and business practices…Read More →

Chicken Big Mac - © 2017 McDonalds

This week, our Fast Food Industry News Roundup waxes political with blurbs from Burger King and Ben & Gerry. We’ve got Burger news from McDonald’s and some just-for-fun launches from the Cookie and Fried Chicken spheres. Plus the confessions of some unhappy Starbucks employees…Read More →

Simple, delicious Fried Rice - Detail - © life.rayli.com.cn

This versatile dish is a great way to use up leftover Meat or Seafood. In fact it can be the basis of an amazing panorama of dishes reflecting different Asian flavours and traditions. And, if you let your imagination soar, you can invent your own ‘Fried Rice’ treatment for almost any Western dish…Read More →