The official Canada Food Price Report (FPR) for 2021 is out and the forecast is for cloudy skies and more-expensive food, regardless of what your lifestyle or preferences may be. Brace yourself for something like an average increase next year of at least 5 percent, as the pandemic rages on…Read More →
You may have guessed that this morning’s post is at least partly a survey of the marked changes in focus on ‘learned studies’ being published in legitimate scientific journals. But it’s also a spotlight of sorts on what is actually happening as folks’ resistance to the pressures of isolation wears down…Read More →
I recently ran across an interesting article in a food blog I regularly scan for source material, and it turned out to be something other than I was expecting. So I decided to write the story I had been expecting, which I thought would be a darned sight more interesting. Let me know what you think…Read More →
The big (predominantly Fast Food) Resto Chains are appealing to their COVID-fatigued fans by buying back into nostalgic menu items and marketing campaigns – an attempt, some say, to provide the kind of seasonal ‘comfort and joy’ that many folks are seeking as we all face a bleak Christmas…Read More →
What a change a week makes! All you have to do is change over from November to December and the whole main emphasis of Fast Food advertising seems to switch from ‘look for our seasonal specials’ to ‘keep coming for our specials and these new, surprise, bonus specials’…Read More →
Dr. Obvious last night e-mailed me the coordinates of study findings, purportedly showing that ‘older people in wealthy countries consume more alcohol than their counterparts in middle-income countries, on average, although a higher cost of alcohol is associated with less frequent drinking’…Read More →