I guess it was inevitable. The 2016 Canadian National Exhibition Butter Sculpture Contest features a bust of prime minister Justin Trudeau. It’s a really good likeness. I just wonder whether it was really necessary to create it four times life-size. As well as wrapping him in a Canadian Flag…Read More →
If you thought your municipality’s regulations about recycling and composting were overbearing and unreasonable, wait till you hear what they’re doing in Montréal! They’ve brought in a new law that makes it mandatory to compost suitable organic waste – and there’s a stiff fine if you don’t…Read More →
The U.S. government is doing what most modern-day western governments do when something threatens a segment of its economy. It’s intervening with mountains of cash to ‘save’ an over-productive Cheese industry from ruin, I want to know what they’ll do with all the Cheese…Read More →
Here’s the promised follow-up on one of those stories we promised to keep an eye on for you… The lawsuit brought against Starbuck’s over ‘excess’ Ice in their cold drinks has been thrown out. Maybe not such a great thing for consumers, but a relief for the whole fountain beverage sector…Read More →
We’ve all heard about the breakthroughs in packaging materials made since the turn of the millennium by the lab denizens of the chemical industry. But what if I told you they’ve now gone a step further, creating a package that’s not only attractive and versatile, but totally edible…Read More →
My post yesterday about the Trump sandwich on offer at a Windsor, ON, deli triggered a great deal of discussion among my close associates. Mainly, we agreed on the premise that the trump candidacy is a load of Bologna. But we couldn’t agree on what Bologna really is…Read More →
The more they talk about it, the more confused I get. The seemingly interminable debate about whether adults should drink Milk gets more and more complex – thanks largely to false logic and pseudo science employed by zealots supporting one side or the other. Let’s try to simplify it a bit…Read More →
Doctors and government officials are becoming increasingly concerned about an outbreak of Cyclospora food poisoning over a wide area in Canada, from Quebec to BC. The concern is largely because Cyclospora is much more serious and debilitating than your average food-borne illness.Read More →