MSG Making A Mainstream Comeback At McDonald’s?
McDonald’s has revealed that it’s new Chicken Sandwich – the real deal, in competition with Popeye’s, the Colonel and Chick-Fil-A – will be prepared with MSG, the flavour enhancer associated in the past with a number of ailments, but which recently has been cleared of responsibility for them…Read More →
Thousands Of Ways To Celebrate National Bagel Day!
January 15 is National Bagel Day. That should be excuse enough for anybody who doesn’t regularly chow down on the doughy delicacy for breakfast or coffee break to make an exception today. Although native to eastern European culinary traditions, the Bagel has become a global standard…Read More →
The Meatless Farm Talks 2020 Canadian Meatless Trends
A Canadian Veggie Protein brand recently commissioned a study to determine what Canadians are thinking about and resolving to do around the issue of reducing Red Meat consumption in favour of Vegetable Protein Substitutes. The answers they got back were partly good news and partly bad…Read More →
You Know You’re Getting Older When…
This is a tale with several themes – or, if you like, a cat with several tails. I was scrolling through one of my Food News feeds this morning and came upon what I thought was some kind of joke. Iconic elements of the culture I grew up with have been lost to the current generation of young adults…Read More →
A Stripped-Down English Breakfast For The Rest Of Us
I suppose most of my faithful readers have never been ‘down to the farm’ for a weekend at a classic British country house. But the Full English Breakfast, made famous by so many accounts (factual and fictional) of such visits is nothing less than a legend. The trouble is, it’s a massive, greasy, almost inedible thing…Read More →
Fast Food Week: Quick Serve Resto And Snacks News!
We’re starting to see Valentine’s Day specials pop up in the Fast Food news. Pillsbury and Krispy Kreme are trumpeting new Pastries. There’s also movement on the Beverage front, with tours from Dunkin’s and Mountain Dew. And a new survey shows how well the Fast Food Giants serve popular diets…Read More →