Fast Food Week!
This Saturday, we look back on a busy week in the Quick Service Resto (QSR) sector! Guy Fieri is coming soon to your neighbourhood with his new Fried Chicken chain. Dunkins, Panera and Little Caesar’s are all testing new feature menu items. And Disney is dumping plastics…Read More →
How Ginger Cures Bad Breath
We’ve known for a long time that Ginger has many beneficial qualities, not all of which have been proven scientifically. But researchers at the Technical University of Munich have tracked down the mechanism by which Ginger attacks compounds in saliva that cause bad breath…Read More →
Women More Sensitive To Baby Animal Pix
Gender Inequality Alert: The following post asserts some points of view and scientific findings that some Feminists may find objectionable. If this is you, please feel free to read this biography of Betty Friedan, instead. For everyone else, I present coverage and comment…Read More →
UPDATE: Plate Size And Portion Perception
There’s a conventional belief that folks will perceive the same object as larger when it’s placed within a small circle and vice-versa. This has been thought to impact the way people assess the size of food portions on larger or smaller plates. But new research says that’s not strictly the case…Read More →
BK Dabbles In Social Commentary Again
Burger King has, in the past, distinguished itself from other major Quick Service Restos (QSRs) by dabbling in social commentary. Previously, they championed Net Neutrality with an in-store demonstration involving Burgers. Now, they’re backing the banning of so-called ‘Pink Taxes’…Read More →
Can Vegetarians Eat Animal Crackers?
When there’s ‘nothing’ on cable, and even the streaming menus run dry, my sister, Erin, gets a little loopy. Call it an overactive imagination with nothing to keep it occupied. Sometimes, she comes up with the darnedest, wacky questions, and they usually involve food and drink…Read More →