We’ve long been told that some people are more susceptible to weight gain than others because of their genes. Now, scientists have found a direct link between a specific gene variant and the tendency to choose high-fat, high-sugar foods. It’s another step to understanding why we get fat…Read More →
It’s Canadian Thanksgiving today. Like our American cousins, we celebrate the harvest with a traditional Roast Turkey Dinner. The harvest just comes earlier, here. And if there’s one dish that makes a Turkey Feast extra-special, it’s the Stuffing. And the special stuff in the Stuffing!Read More →
The nutty menu items just keep on coming! We’ve already looked at a Four-Pound Taco and a ‘maxed-out Pastrami Chili Cheese Dog’. Now, we’ve got a whole cavalcade of crazy Pizza innovations which will either thrill you or make you want to throw up. Hold on! here we go…Read More →
It’s time to take a light look at an essential foodie skill which we can all employ, whether in Greece, or just dining in the Greek restaurant around the corner. I refer to the ages old challenge of knowing how to order a Beer / Biru / Birra / Cerveja / Chela / Pivo / Bjor in 17 languages…Read More →
I was going to give you the low-down on what I believed was a Greek specialty. But when I went looking for the details, I discovered that the target of my explications was, in fact, Cypriot, Turkish and Middle Eastern. I refer to the one and only Halloumi Cheese, which is at its best lightly fried…Read More →
We’ve all heard of at least some of the old wives’ tales offering cures for Garlic Breath. Most of them don’t work worth a darn, if at all. Now, though, Science has come through with what might just be the last word on the ages old subject. It’s easy, inexpensive and even tastes good…Read More →
Remember the tipple of choice on Star Trek, Synthohol? Well, soon we may all be able to taste the ultimate booze of the future thanks to the tireless efforts of researchers at Imperial College in London who have revealed they’ve discovered a hangover-free Alcohol substitute…Read More →
Regular readers of this rant will know that I’ve long held that allergies in childhood can be mitigated by exposing very young children to things they might become sensitive or outright allergic to in later life. This morning I find yet another another study supporting my ‘old wives tale’ hypothesis…Read More →