It’s been a bad year for aid workers trying to help Gazans caught in the middle between Hamas and the Israeli Defense Force (IDF). And the horizon remains dark for Gazans looking ahead into 2025. Their last major soup kitchen has been crippled in a drone attack…Read More →
Specific types of baked goods are inextricably tied to the Holiday season… Families tradi-tionally get together both to make them and eat them. And this year, we have a survey to tell us what the top faves are. Behold Google’s ‘Most-Searched Holiday Cookie’ map…Read More →
Maybe the quietest week of the year. All’s quiet on the Value Wars front. The Fast Food slingers are laying low, waiting for 2025 to kick in! And their customers were concentrating on last-minute shopping, Christmas Dinner prep, and holiday visiting…Read More →
Everybody has a ‘standard’ recipe repertoire designed to use up Family Feast leftovers. A no-brainer for you. A drag for the folks you feed… I’ve come up with some original hacks and mashups designed to ‘freshen up’ your leftovers…Read More →
OREO went for decades without introducing any innovations or new flaours. Then, amid the tumultuous 20-teens, OREO started to go nuts on new formats and flavours. They re-leased a record number of new looks and licks last year. And they ain’t done yet!Read More →
Nobody was surprised when McDonald’s débuted its new spinoff, CosMc’s earlier this year – a beverage- and snack-focused mini-McD’s. But many were taken aback when Taco Bell sprang a similar new spinoff resto con-cept on us last week…Read More →
Egads! A confectionery tradition dating back to the height of the Victorian Era has fallen. Cadbury’s has been dropped from the Royal Warrants list by King Charles. It appears it’s all about politics, propriety, and the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine…Read More →
A few years ago I would have just wished all our faithful readers a ‘Merry Christmas!’ That would be considered the height of un-woke-fulness today. But my ultimate goal when bestowing Holiday wishes upon one and all rests on a higher plane…Read More →