Breakfast… People around the world have widely varying ideas of what constitutes ‘breakfast’. Some make perfect sense nu-tritionally. The most unhealthy breakfasts seem to be the traditional European and American day starters…Read More →
What goes in must come out. But when you get stopped up, it can be anything from an incon-venience to a nightmare. Most folks blame constipation on a lack of fibre in their diet. But there’s more to than that, scientists now tell us…Read More →
We noted this past Thursday that the creator of the (in)famous Green Bean Casserole never actually made the dish at home for her own family. Did she know something her bosses didn’t? What’s your position on the iconic GBC?Read More →
The ‘Short Squeeze’ is a tactic the stock-savvy sometimes use to boost the price of shares in a company that’s not doing so well. After such a squeeze recently, Beyond Meat shares rose 1,300 percent – for a day, at least… Was it a meme event or a pump-and-dump?Read More →
Starbuck’s is offering a bear-shaped cup as a Holiday merchandise item. But the move backfired when the ‘collectible’ went viral, triggering long lines, fights and $300 online resale asks. Just adding to the coffee shop’s recent troubles…Read More →
Last Friday, US President Donald Trump told reporters he had made major inroads on his campaign promise – since echoed many times in his public addresses – to lower food prices. But observers say, his ‘plan’ to achieve that doesn’t make sense…Read More →
Ultra-processed foods makers are apparently taking a page from the ancient and despic-able playbook developed over decades by Big Tobacco to downplay the health threat posed by their products. Because of how well it worked for Tobacco…Read More →
The notion that chickens – both those used as laying hens and those intended for eating – deserve better, more humane living condi-tions is not a new one. Thus it was that the ‘cageless’ movement hatched. Now, Sweden has stepped forward as a global leader…Read More →