Can Avocados Really Help Fight Obesity?
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t love avocados. And my friend, George, from San Diego has his own Avocado tree in his backyard. That, to me, is the height of luxury! But now, researchers have discovered that the Avocado may also be able to help suppress your appetite and, thus, fight obesity…Read More →
Horton’s Tests Beyond Meat Breakfast Sandwiches
Most of the major Fast Food chains are now offering, or test marketing, Vegetarian or Vegan Meat substitutes on their Burger menus. It’s the latest effort to appeal to a broader market. Now, Tim Horton’s has joined the fray, testing a selection of Beyond Meat Sausage menu items…Read More →
Tongue More Important to Food Enjoyment Than We Thought?
It’s a culinary convention – not unsupported by science – that ‘as much as 70 percent of the sensation of tasting involves savouring the aromas of your food’. Now, scientists have discovered that the same kind of receptors that pick up aromas in your nose are also present on your tongue.Read More →
The Popeye Principle: ‘Veggies Are Fun!’
No one ever did a study on the impact that cartoon character Popeye the Sailor’s constant assertion about eating his Spinach had on the kids who watched him, but researchers now say new studies reveal that kids are more likely to try ‘healthy’ foods that are explained in their terms…Read More →
Make This Mother’s Day A Memorable One!
What do you do to honour your Mom on Mother’s Day? I like to take her to her favourite places, help her do her favourite things (she’s 94 and needs a little help) and feed her her favourite foods. That last one, about food, can be both the most rewarding and the hardest one to pull off…Read More →
Fast Food Week! Quick Service Resto And Snacks News…
It’s nearly the middle of May, already, and we’re still getting overnight frost warnings in the weather forecast, not to mention snow not too far to the north of us, here in Canada’s Capital. But that’s not dampening the Fast Food players’ enthusiasm for transitioning their menus to Summer Mode…Read More →