Today we’re spotlighting an underappreciated Asian condiment: Hoisin Sauce. I can’t speak for everyone. But this ancient, sweet version of classic soy sauce has everything I want in an Asian condiment, cooking sauce or dip. Where’s it been hiding?Read More →
Trump’s Tarriffs are in limbo again. First, tariff opponents asked a federal court to block se-veral of Trump’s tariffs. The court agreed. And then Trump’s lawyers won a block against the block. Then, Tariff opponents said they would appeal THAT order…Read More →
It isn’t usually the government itself charging that some consumer protection mechanism is ‘broken’, and needs action. But that’s what happened recently at the 2025 Food Safety Summit recently. The FDA, of all groups, said its own wheels turn too slowly!Read More →
A crucial but simple – and largely unasked – question crossed my mind this past week as I composed my post about 10 million Canadi-ans being Food Insecure: What, if any, is the difference between being ‘Food Insecure’ and ‘Starving’?Read More →
Used to be that doctors and nutritionists had a pat answer for the question, “How much water should I drink per day?” They auto-matically said every adult needed 8 x 8 oz. glasses. But science is now say-ing that one size does not, in fact, fit all…Read More →
There are a lot of things that set Wendy’s apart from other major players in the fast Food game. One of them is the brand’s history of ‘being different’ from the competition. How far can ‘being different’ go towards keeping a burger chain afloat these days?Read More →
Burned laps from spilled coffee. Deceptive marketing. There’s usually one factor that unites the fans. But this Fast Food lawsuit is about just one fan with an onion allergy. Suing over an incident for which some might argue he shares the responsibility…Read More →
I remember ‘guesting’ as a media ‘greeter’ at a McHappy Day event here in Ottawa just a cou-ple of years after arriving in town to work at ‘the Capital’s leading radio news voice’. A spe-cial feeling pervades McDonald’s on McHappy Day that’s impossible to describe…Read More →