We’ve heard that it’s important to control our sodium (salt) intake if we want to control high blood pressure. Nothing new there. But now, researchers say it’s even better if we add high potassium foods to our diets, to balance our sodium-to-potassium ratios…Read More →
It sounds as if Kraft suddenly discovered its test kitchens hadn’t churned our something new for Summer 2025. And fast-tracked what may have seemed an obvious winner to the shelves. But Smoky BBQ Mac and Cheese may prove to be a really bad idea…Read More →
It’s the second major Burger-specific announ-cement in the Fast Food Value War in a week… And the third to involve a traditionally non-Burger power. What’s going on with Chilis, that it’s coming out of left field, targeting McDon-ald’s on McD’s home ground?Read More →
What’s so important about upgrading Star-buck’s barista unifroms that it rates a front-line news release of its own in the ongoing odyssey that is the premium coffee brand’s arduous renaissance? And why is the ‘renais-sance’ taking so long?Read More →
I and other Foodsphere observers have been saying that an overall recession in the Snacks Industry was due. In company with an inevi-table drop in junk food consumption as the stuff gets more expensive, and folks become more concerned with healthy eating…Read More →
Hot pepper sauce fans think of the stuff as an ancient, ageless culinary classic. Younger gens think Hot Sauce was invented in the 1980s. Still others will point to Edmund McIlhenny’s 1868 Tabasco Patent as ‘the beginning’. In some ways, they’re all correct!Read More →
We’ve been talking a lot about Hot Peppers in their myriad forms and variants. A central theme has been, they’re an acquired taste. If you haven’t acquired it yet, but are curious… I’ve curated a list of suggested ‘starter’ chili varieties and formats…Read More →
You may have heard there’s a difference be-tween Mexican Chili and Texas Chili. Well, there is. And judging by the questions pop-ping up online lately, it’s time to reprise the issue and clarify it – again. Actually, it’s not really a complicated affair at all…Read More →