Arbys Bourbon BBQ - featured- 2018 Arbys

You are entering a realm outside of time and space, a realm of the imagination. A place we call… The Fast Food Zone’! Okay, seriously… We have word of some new limited-time offers this week, a new flavour from M&Ms, a new stuffed Crust Pizza from The Hut and new BK beverages for summer…Read More →

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There’s a lot of weight management news in the pipe this week, so I thought I’d focus on that issue and make sure we see all of it in this space. Today, we segue to a chemical family known as ‘obesogens’, because they appear to promote weight gain by suppressing your resting metabolic rate…Read More →

An Array of Foods - Detail - © US National Institutes of Health

That’s kind of a mean title, but I had to get it into a certain number of characters to fit. Like Twitter. But that’s where the resemblance ends. I have for you, today, a link to something I know I’ll find immensely useful when catering or entertaining. It’s a complete guide to what adherents to various diets can eat…Read More →

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One of the most troublesome food allergies we face these days is Gluten intolerance – officially known as Celiac Disease.The trouble is, it’s a truly debilitating condition and, at the same time, it’s hard to tell whether some enticing foods contain Gluten. Now, a treatment may be on the horizon…Read More →

Poppy Seed Bagel - © seattlebagel.com

Remember, a long time ago, when I told you about the horror story of a woman who had her child taken away and crazy drug allegations lodged against her, all because she ate a Poppy Seed Bagel the day before she gave birth? A routine urine test nearly ruined her life, but that need not happen any more!Read More →

Skipping Rocks Lab Water Bubble - Detail - © 2017 Skipping Rocks Lab

Here’s something you wish you’d caught on the Dragon’s Den/Shark Tank. It may still show up there. But the new edible Water Bubble is self-packaged and leave behind ‘zero’ waste. It’s just the thing the world has been looking for, to finally curb the scourge of plastic water bottle pollution…Read More →

McD's Bottled Sauces - Detail - © McDonald's Canada

It’s a little bit mainstream, a little bit Fast Food Roundup… But the topic of today’s post does, I think, bear a separate post. I speak of the long-awaited move by the burger giant to ooze out into the homes and supermarkets of the nation, marketing its signature sauces…Read More →

Coke and Pepsi - © apessay.com

We’ve all talked about this one, at least once, over the years. The question, itself, is a classic that’s divided friends and families for decades. Now, after billions of casual taste tests, we have a definitive answer to the iconic conundrum surrounding the difference between Coke and Pepsi.Read More →