US readers will be familiar with the acronym ‘SNAP’. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is intended to help lower income folks afford better food. New data suggests the ban on using SNAP credits to buy junk food is working…Read More →
I’m sure you’ve heard of sleep-walking. When they wake up, folks usually have no memory of where they went or what they did… But did you know that a significant number of folks actually prepare food and eat it in their sleep?Read More →
How rare to find a cartoonist with both a ‘Family’ content rating and a predisposition for food jokes… And what a great way to take a break from whatever you’re doing, pour yourself a coffee, and celebrate the lighter side of the culinary sphere…Read More →
A team at Stanford University recently chal-lenged its new AI system to study burger re-cipes and synthesize the ultimate ‘formula’. How they did it, and what happened, clearly points the way to how AI can and, perhaps, should be used…Read More →
They let an AI program loose to create menu item images for Restaurants. And the images it delivered were… Let’s say, totally unusable. Now, Stanford University has set its AI wizard the task of coming up with the the World’s Best Burger…Read More →
OREO Cookies have been around for 124 years! But did you know that the ‘classic’ OREO was not at all like the one we love today? The Chocolate Wafers have not changed much… But the filling sure has – in attempts to create a confection everyone could enjoy…Read More →
I’ve been giving this issue all the attention I can – because folks need to be aware of it. Consuming protein-boosted foods may do you more harm than good! But junk food pur-veyors and even some mainline UPF makers don’t want you to know that…Read More →
It’s a longstanding rule: Children are unwel-come in the vast majority of finer restaurants. Because their antics, noise and maintenance requirements are ‘disruptive’. But some chefs are now saying kids deserve ‘a place at the table’…Read More →