I think we all know how important the orange is to Florida’s economy. But there is a real chance the orange industry may be perman-ently crippled by climate change. Specifically, Global Warming. And some orange trees have been hit by a serious bacterial infection…Read More →
No sooner did we expound upon the revered Tamago Sando – the traditional Japanese Egg Salad Sandwich – than 7-Eleven announced its convenience-store Japanese Egg Salad Sando is coming to Canada! The Mind Pirates are back in my head…Read More →
We’ve heard a lot about BHA – a preservative used largely in the processed food sector. (Largely comprised of snacks, cereals, sodas and deli meats.) And it’s officially been found safe. But now, the FDA is now poised to re-assess BHA…Read More →
Amid the headlines about beverage makers removing sugar here and adding it back there, science has moved forward. Researchers say they’ve found a new, cheap, abundant, low-Calorie, low-glucose sugar replacement – in slime mould…Read More →
Chili’s was once a powerhouse Tex-Mex resto chain. But over the past few years the times – and consumer sentiment – passed Chili’s by. Sales slid. Consumer awareness evaporated. Then Chili’s brain trust had a revolutionary idea: Listen to what the fans say it should do…Read More →
Time for another UPDATE on the Banana Situation. The situation being that a combin-ation of Global Warming and disease is killing off traditional Cavendish banana trees by the thousands. But there’s good news! A new disease-resistant strain has been developed…Read More →
Gleaned this story from the social media ‘food newswires’… McDonald’s is testing reusable serving containers for orders to be consumed in-store. I have some questions about what they’re made of, and how they McClean them between deployments…Read More →
There’s so much food news circulating in all the media these days that it’s easy to miss even the biggest stories. They just tend to get submerged in the torrent. So I’m reprising one of the past week’s most important items to be sure you catch it!Read More →