A new study on food waste by the Univésité du Quebec à Montréal (UQAM) postulates that less food would be wasted if more people knew what the ‘Best Before’ date on their food purchases actually means. And supermarkets are complicit in this needless waste in their stocking policies…Read More →
In the restaurant biz, we call them ‘rags’. But you know them better as kitchen, bar or side towels. What you don’t know is that they can harbour a lot of germs and do more harm than good in your food preparation zone. Many of the famous FAT TOM factors used to gauge food safety apply…Read More →
Keurig – the company that invented the pod-based Coffee maker – recently withdrew its ads from the programs of a popular Fox News commentator. And conservative-right viewers have responded by posting videos of people ‘killing’ Keurigs – smashing machines and Coffee Pods with all sorts of ‘tools’…Read More →
You’ve no doubt seen those high-pressure TV commercial pitches for the NutriBullet blender. Well, it seems the pressure is not just in the pitch. At least twenty users have sued NutriBullet after the machines heated up their contents causing high internal pressures that resulted in explosions…Read More →
How do you clean an apple before biting into it? Researchers warn that simply polishing it on your shirt or a towel isn’t sufficient to ensure that you got the pesticide residues along with the dust and dirt. But they’re also suggesting a better way to wash fruit and produce before eating it.Read More →
Ever noticed how some TV cooking shows blank out the labels on their ingredient packaging? Or wonder what goes on during the commercials between ‘hands off the food’ and presentation to the judges? An anonymous crew member who worked on several Food TV / Food Network shows tells all…Read More →
If you’ve never been involved in the production of a TV show before, you probably won’t question the food handling and kitchen safety practices exhibited on TV cooking shows. But researchers from the University of Massachusetts say the stars may not be setting us a good example…Read More →
I’m sure you’ve seen those ads for kitchen ware that strongly suggest that you need a whole block full of knives to ‘cook like a pro’. Nonsense! They just want to sell knives. And a lot of those they sell at most such stores are really not that great. Today, I’m going to share some insider tips…Read More →