Bounded on three sides by water – the Ionian, Aegean and Mediterranean Seas – and on the fourth by mountains, Greece is a food lover’s paradise, where you’ll find dishes you won’t see anywhere else, made from ingredients you’ll see everywhere else around the Mediterranean…Read More →
Ireland is the place you think of first when you think, cabbages, potatoes and beef stew’. And that’s not wrong, by any means. But it’s also a place where ancient history and modern tastes meet in a rare old celtic jig of sprightly culinary traditions. Lets take a look at some classic Irish specialties…Read More →
‘Sugar is bad for you!’ Who among us has not heard that old warning over and over again? But did we take it seriously? Some of us did; many of us didn’t. And what happened? We in the developed West now live in the richest societies the world has ever seen, and – absurdly – the sickest…Read More →
As I’ve mentioned before in this space, it seems some folks have had nothing better to do during the pandemic shut downs than come up with ‘novel’ (stupid?) things to do with food. A number of notable oddities (idiocies?) have surfaced in just the last week. Are they brilliant or ‘bozo’?Read More →
Here we go – into the lazy, hazy days of summer with a rather lacadazical selection of ‘major announcements from fast food and snacks vendors. No major Burgers or meal specials – but lots of hand-to-mouth temptations for weak-of-willpower and/or short-of-time types…Read More →
A full two thirds of Russia is situated west of the Urals and north of what we in Canada consider the agriculturally productive zone. Perhaps that’s why so much of its population is settled in the west, and much of its cuisine has such close ties to its Western European neighbours…Read More →
We’ve been hearing that the U.S. military is preparing to release an official report on Unidentified Flying Objects. No one believes it will confirm that UFOs are extra-terrestrial, but at least one food company has prepared a welcome for the little green men from space – if they do arrive…Read More →
Chile and Peru are neighbours, sharing the Pacific coast of South America and the Andes mountains to the east. They also share the Spanish influence and a colourful history of immigration – resulting in the infusion into their cuisine of influences from all over the world.Read More →