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Foodie Life Lessons (Page 228)

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Soylent Green isn’t necessarily PEOPLE!

2014-02-28
By: Maggie
On: February 28, 2014
In: Food News, Food Tips, Foodie Life Lessons

So I just about fell out of my chair when I came across this blog post about how dried algae powder is going to be ‘the food of the future’. It’s got tons of Iron and lots of other vitamins and minerals, and bags of protein. So why are we not all scarfing it down by the bucketful?Read More →

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Burger menu craziness a sign of desperation

2014-02-25
By: Maggie
On: February 25, 2014
In: Food News, Foodie Life Lessons

It’s not good enough anymore for a restaurant to offer great food, great prices and great service. Today, more and more diners, pubs and just plain burger joints are struggling to find some way to raise themselves above the noise in their overcrowded foodservice niche…Read More →

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Food Fraud: Can you spot the imposters?

2014-02-18
By: Maggie
On: February 18, 2014
In: Food Tips, Foodie Life Lessons, Supermarket Dirty Tricks

When we posted about fake Olive Oil a few days ago, we didn’t count on a torrent of e-mail pointing up other ‘fake’ food products that people like you and me get sucked into buying every week. Not exactly a ‘Supermarket Dirty Trick’. But… are they aware they’re selling something bogus?Read More →

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Foodie Life Lessons: The ‘Alkaline Diet’ fad

2014-02-08
By: Maggie
On: February 8, 2014
In: Food News, Foodie Life Lessons

I suppose there isn’t anyone anywhere with access to electronic media who hasn’t heard of the so-called Alkaline Diet by now. And most of us have also heard the roar of cautions and protests, that the ‘diet’ is based on junk science. What’s the straight poop, anyway?Read More →

Foodie Life Lessons: Who eats best?

2014-01-30
By: Maggie
On: January 30, 2014
In: Food News, Foodie Life Lessons

A new survey by international aid agency Oxfam shows up some surprising results in a look at which countries in the world ‘east best’. And, no, it’s not the countries that appear to have the most that rank highest on this new list…Read More →

Foodie Life Lessons: Too much of a good thing…

2014-01-19
By: Maggie
On: January 19, 2014
In: Food News, Foodie Life Lessons

A popular sugar-free gummy candy, sold in mammoth five-pound bags on Amazon.com, is apparently taking the calorie-counting world by storm… And ‘storm’ is a particularly apt descriptor, in this case! Yes, these gummies are more than a trend – in fact, they’re literally a movement!Read More →

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