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 →
I never thought I’d see the day such a thing would happen in MY Canada. A historic city that was once Canada’s capital – Kingston – declared a food emergency after a shocking new food insecurity report surfaced this past week…Read More →
The first reference I can remember to a com-mercial food-colouring being delisted by the government came years ago. That was Red Dye No. 2. Since then, the substance has be-come synonymous with ‘banned’. Now, Red Dye No. 3 is being ‘de-approved’…Read More →
Researchers say the annual number of de-mentia diagnoses in the US will double by 2060. And many of the specific causes cited can be traced directly back to diet and ex-ercise. But there’s still time to turn that metaphorical steamship…Read More →
Are you concerned with the cleanliness and air quality of your kitchen? You might be surprised to know that Air frying is the least-polluting cooking method you can use. The rest produce varying levels of visible and invisible contaminants…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 →
This past week has seen two egregious exam-ples of major Foodsphere companies making bad decisions. And being held to account by their fans. Why do food mega-brands jump in and fiddle with classic elements of their cor-porate identities?Read More →