We’ve reported a couple of times recently on the benefits of Broccoli and other Cruciferous Veggies for your general health. Now, there’s another study out that says relatively modest ‘doses’ of Broccoli, etal, can massively reduce the buildup of calcium in the arteries of older women…Read More →
Here we are at Labour Day, already – after a spring and summer of COVID-19 lock down living and one unsuccessful attempt to re-open the economy. Like the month start/month end long-weekend fêtes that bracketed and punctuated our unofficial summer season, this one will be… subdued.Read More →
I think, when we passed the point where attempts over the summer to reopen the economy failed so resoundingly, many folks started wondering what the post COVID-19 world will actually look like. I have confidence that we will come out of the pandemic at least as strong as we went into it…Read More →
Wow! All the major Doughnut slingers are coming out his month with their Fall special menus – and they’re all pushing Pumpkin Spice Pastries and Beverages as hard as they can! For good measure, Subway is offering a ‘B2G1’ deal for Footlongs, and Taco Bell is cutting more main menu items…Read More →
One issue that has enjoyed an awareness (media) pass during the COVID-19 pandemic is Food Waste. It’s a major problem that costs our society billions of dollars and billions of tonnes of lost food every year and a new study says the coronaviris crisis is just making things worse…Read More →
I’ve been sent a message over the past three weeks or so. It has been loud and clear, and it hasn’t been an entirely happy one. It boils down to this: “Enough with the creative, unexpected and and mashup recipes. Can’t we just have something familiar and comforting for supper?”Read More →
Current racial tensions stemming from the George Floyd case and related others have resulted in the popularization of the phrase ‘systemic racism’. Once concentrated in focus on the treatment of Black citizens by white police officers, the term is now popping up everywhere…Read More →
New (limited-time) menu items and cross-cuisine-cultural mashups headline this week’s Fast Food Week lineup. To me, this just means that most of the major players in the take-out and delivery-only category appear in no hurry to re-open for dine-in service. School, sports re-ops to date have been disastrous…Read More →