Who’da thunk it? The tough little street fighter of a second-tier burger joint that fought the COVID Crisis and the odds, Steak ‘N Shake, has blind sided the big guys with an unexpected marketing move: reviving Beef Tallow Fries! Is this a Fast Food game changer?Read More →
This edition… Another Fast Food Week first: NO MAINS! But scads of everything else, in-cluding Events and Novelties. Plus the first Easter specialty ‘menus’ trickling in… And Steak ‘N Shake goes retro reviving Beef Tallow Fries!Read More →
Ask any Philadelphian… There’s only one ‘right way’ to make a Philly Cheesesteak (PCS): With thin slices of choice lean beef. So where is Lindsay Funston coming from, suggesting chicken may be better than beef in a Philly Cheesesteak?Read More →
The recent Starbuck’s decision to limit use of it’s washrooms to paying customers has trig-gered a tsunami of controversy. One food writer contends, it’s not the coffee that’s so essential to customers – it’s the ‘social infra-structure’…Read More →
We’ve mentioned this dish before, during our ‘Expedition To…’ series. But it really deserves closer attention. Unlike anything we common-ly encounter in Western cuisines, ‘Turkish Eggs’ are perfectly poached eggs swimming in savoury yogurt!Read More →
The ‘nationality’ of this dish’s cuisine is al-leged to be British. But it could be from any number of European traditions. What I love most about it is… If you don’t tell your family what’s in it, they won’t even know they’re eating cauliflower!Read More →
It’s easy to focus too narrowly on tense inter-national situations. And forget that more folks care what’s going on than just the main play-ers. So it has been with Israel’s Gaza invasion. And that’s why I’ve been spotlighting third-party food aid efforts…Read More →
The old bottled water controversy has been popping up again, lately. I guess every gen-eration needs to work through the issue for itself. But most bottled water is a waste of money. And cast-off water bottles are killing our oceans…Read More →