Expedition To Sierra Leone I: A Treat For The Adventurous
It’s a new year, and we’re taking a new, adventurous tack with our ‘Expedition To…’ series. This week, we’re visiting Sierra Leone, on the extreme west cost of Africa, in the midst of what was once the heart of the slave trade. Now, though, Sierra Lone is trying to make a name as a tourist destination…Read More →
Fast Food Week – Quick Service Restaurant And Snacks News!
Here we are, late again, thanks to the New Year’s holiday falling on the weekend. Better late than never! The Fast Food news beat was pretty quiet in the ‘down’ week between Christmas and New Year’s, but murmurs of impending menu changes and 2021 favourites lists could still be heard…Read More →
New Year’s Musings: Where Will You Be This Time Next Year?
New Year’s is traditionally a time we resolve to ‘do better’ on all sorts of accounts. But, as we saw in yesterday’s post, in the part about resolutions, we’re not very good about keeping them. Or do the stats really say something different than the pollsters conclude?Read More →
Happy New Year: What Can We Expect In 2022?
I’ve touched on official expectations for the future in a number of recent posts. And they have generally been dark. What can we, as individuals, do to make the new year better for ourselves and those we love? Some elders of the tribe counsel a stoic philosophy: ‘Keep Calm And Carry On’…Read More →
New Approach To Composting: Sort It, Cook It, Grind It…
Most folks – particularly those in big cities and those who’d rather not get their hands dirty – just kind of forget about composting as a way of reducing the food waste they send to the landfill. But now a company from my home town is offering a machine that cuts the process from months to hours…Read More →
Food Costs To Rise Sharply Again In 2022
It should come as no surprise – since nothing has changed, or is likely to change soon in the food supply chain or COVID situations – that food prices are forecast to rise sharply again in 2022. We hadn’t even gotten over how much more we were paying for food this year before the bad news landed in our laps…Read More →