I’ve posted about the original Mystery Meat here a number of times in the past, but SPAM has always been a supporting actor – at least a bit player – in those stories. Now, I think, It’s time to give the Iconic Canned Meat product it’s own show. And you just might learn a thing or two…Read More →
It’s been called a cruel twist of fate: May is both National Hamburger Month and National Salad Month in the U.S. I’m not joshing, here! So… What do you do to celebrate? Many ideas have been floated, but one thing is sure: A Hamburger WITH a Salad sounds like the optimum cook-out combo!Read More →
A new study from the University of Liverpool suggests that we in the west, who consume vast quantities of packaged foods, eat too much, at least partly because manufacturers portion their wares in too-large sizes. Dr. Obvious says, that’s partly because we’ve been taught to clean our plates…Read More →
If you’re like me, you probably know how much the price of Chocolate and products containing it has risen in recent years. So much that many of us no longer buy Chocolate, except for special occasions. But the latest research says we might better consider Chocolate as medicinal…Read More →
When most North Americans think of MSG – Mono-Sodium Glutamate – they think, ‘Oh! Bad for you!’ But that view is changing, according to recent research and changing social norms. I just read a long piece in The New Yorker about one serious Foodie who now calls herself ‘an MSG convert’…Read More →
It’s been a tough few of years for Tim Horton’s, after being taken over by Restaurant Brands International (RBI). Sales have dropped, its popularity has tanked and its image has suffered under the ongoing rebellion by unhappy franchisees. Now, Head Office has launched a desperate recovery program…Read More →
Here we go, cruising the main and dropping in at some of the biggest and most-loved Fast Food joints to find out what’s new. We have news from Costco and Kraft Heinz on the spread/condiment front, KFC, Burger King and Taco Bell on the Chicken front, and Cocoa Cola on the beverage front…Read More →
I recently saw a web post about the recall of 200 million Eggs being recalled and I thought, “Wow! That must have caused a major Egg shortage in the U.S. Why haven’t I heard about that?” But it turns out that’s just a drop in the bucket. Egg production is a huge industry we all just take for granted!Read More →