Millions of folks around the globe are working from home during the COVID-19 lock down. And many of them say, in recent polls, that they like it better than going in to a conventional office every day. But there are some dangerous dietary traps work-from-homers can easily fall into…Read More →
Amid the frantic world-wide search by scientists for a magic bullet – or at least a treatment – for the COVID-19 virus, a group of researchers in the UK has discovered that a ubiquitous vitamin supplement may be able to stem the spread of the coronavirus and reduce mortality rates…Read More →
Say what you will about Guy Fieri – and who hasn’t? But he’s given back to a lot to the community already, and now he’s going one step further with a special campaign to raise relief funds for foodservice sector workers. Interim results show, it helps when the asker is a celebrity…Read More →
With lots of time on our hands staying home until the pandemic subsides, many of us have been drawn to experiment with food to fight boredom and make up for the reduced access to our favourite restaurants. What better opportunity to revisit an old favourite and have some fun!Read More →
Happy Mother’s Day, 2020! However, the COVID-19 lock down has made doing anything special extremely difficult to impossible. Our traditional practice of taking Mom to her favourite Chinese Buffet Restaurant for a gala dinner is out of the question, but there are alternatives…Read More →
There’s lots and lots of ‘take-out and delivery’ oriented news in the Fast Food and Snacks sphere this week. We present dispatches from Arby’s, Sonic, Panda Express, Subway, Chipotle, Dunkin’s, McDonald’s and more. There’s no shortage of COVID-19 lock down menu brighteners available! Read More →
Canada will likely not see a meat shortage similar to the one experts say is coming in the US due to packing plant closures, according to the government and private industry observers. Let’s take a moment to look at the overall North American Meat supply chain picture…Read More →
As the COVID-19 lock down drags on (no criticism, here; just an expression of the attendant stress and boredom), I’ve been trying to come up with easy-to-make meals that can soothe as well as nourish. And yesterday it struck me that I’ve been overlooking the obvious…Read More →