Instant Ramen Noodles - © happysouper.de

After a series of posts recalling how essential Ramen Noodle Cups have been in many of our lives, especially early on in our careers, I’ve come across one that seems to prove, scientifically, that eating Ramen too often can be bad for you. And that’s from the Ramen experts, in South Korea…Read More →

Deep Fried Butter - Detail © Sonia Goyal

So. My dear, silly, night-owl sister, Erin, left me a note on my computer last night. All it said was ‘Deep-Fried Butter?” Rather than wake her at 6:00 a.m., when I got up, I Googled it. And imagine my surprise to discover that Deep-Fried Butter is ‘a thing’. I wondered: why has it come to be?Read More →

Almond Milk - © homenaturalcures.com

I know that sounds counter-intuitive, but a new British study reveals that it’s true. Drinking Soy, Almond, Coconut, Oat, Rice, Hazelnut, Hemp or other substitutes for Cow’s Milk may leave you short of Iodine, an important element in your diet which is essential to maintaining thyroid health.Read More →

The Classic Croque Monsieur Sandwich - © seriouseats.com

We love these Sammies so much we hardly notice them for the masterful culinary creations they are. We assume they’ve been around forever. Well, it’s time to right that wrong and focus on the Melt for one FFB post at least. Read on and learn about the wondrous evolution of the Melt family…Read More →

Eating KD © blog.asmartmouth.com

As a College student living in residence, I had to stretch my cash many a month and it got hard to afford real food near the end. We’ve all had times in our life when we’ve had to get creative and an relate to this one. How did we do it? I stumbled on a blog post recently that shared folks’ ‘Struggle Meals’…Read More →

Pepper X - Detail © 2017 Smokin Ed Currie

It used to be that we’d hear about the discovery of a new, even-hotter Hot Pepper once in a decade. Then, one every couple of years. Now, it seems a new contender for The World’s Hottest Pepper surfaces every few months. My question is: Why do we need man-made, ever-hotter Peppers?Read More →