We sounded an alarm for chocolate lovers some time ago, warning that cocoa prices were going to skyrocket. Well… The crisis has hit! And the shortages driving the price hikes are far from over. Will it change the way you look at Chocolate and what you’re willing to spend on it?Read More →
Have you ever fantasized about owning a Food Truck? A lot of people in my town want to but aren’t allowed to. Even if you had the cash and the smarts to go out and build one, and you could put it on the road tomorrow, there are apparently a lot of reasons you should have another think…Read More →
Nothing that’s good, on its face, seems to escape exploitation and sullying by the crooks and scammers. Witness the disclosure this week that many restaurant reviews, ‘likes’ and other endorsements are totally fake, for sale by fraudsters preying on restauranteurs and patrons, alike!Read More →
We’ve touched on this issue before, talking about Pizza Perfectionist Prudery when it comes to the insistence of so-called Pie Purists on using only fresh tomatoes, crushed by hand, in their best Red Sauces. Now, the issue of Frozen vs. Fresh is raising its contentious head once again…Read More →
I’ve often opined as one should get more for their money when buying a cup of Premium Coffee from somebody like Second Cup or Starbucks. Now, it appears that Starbucks, at least, is preparing to offer something of that nature. But I don’t know if it’s going to work, in the long run…Read More →
If you are into food at all – and you must be if you read my blog! – you’ll already know that ‘Pizza’ is part of the culinary culture of many countries around the world. I just wonder where you draw the line? When it is not Pizza anymore, but some other Flat Bread treat entirely?Read More →
Here we go again… Another flash mob of guerrilla foodinistas has struck, at an Organic Food Show, and proved what we and other mainstream foodservice industry types have been saying for ages: There’s no discernible difference in taste between ‘regular’ and organic foods…Read More →
I thought I’d heard everything when I read the recent reports about an 8,000-calorie breakfast being used to promote a British café, and using Raman Noodles to make a nouveau Burger Bun… But the topic of today’s post is, in all respects, something completely different…Read More →