The Physics Of Baking Good Pizza
Classic Neapolitan pizzaiolos will insist that baking the perfect pie is an art, not a science. But a Russian physicist living in Rome recently investigated the physics of pizza ovens and quantified the physics of the Pizza. Not without the help of two old-school Italian pizzaiolos, though…Read More →
Fast Food Week!
School is out, balmy breezes are blowing (except in the southwest where folks are toasting under record highs) and it’s high season for the Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) sector. Otherwise known as Fast Food Joints. Here’s our weekly rundown of the biggest headlnes from the biggest players…Read More →
Starbuck’s Sensitivity Training Stuttering…
It was not so long ago that an incident at a Philadelphia Starbuck’s, involving the arrest of two black men who were doing nothing but sitting there, spurred a tsunami of social and mainstream media rage. Starbucks made a showy attempt to renovate it’s image, but it seems the training didn’t take…Read More →
Restaurants, Cities Banning Plastic Straws
There’s a lot going on re.- plastic straws in the mainstream Food News, these days. So, I’m going to hit the high points in this post aggregating the latest reports and announcements. We’ll start off with the most recent announcement from a major U.S. city and a major Canadian resto chain owner…Read More →
Traditional 4th Of July Foods
It’s the Fourth, folks! Time for our American friends to celebrate their Declaration of Independence, and, traditionally, a time for families to get together for food and fun. In honour of the occasion, allow me to present my compendium of most popular, most beloved, most iconic 4th of July Foods!Read More →
Normalizing Plus Sizing May Drive Obesity
It’s the reverse of Body Shaming – embracing larger body shapes and sizes as ‘normal’, while demonizing stick-thin fashion models and accusing folks of normal weight and build of being unnaturally thin. That might make bigger people feel better about themselves, but there’s a down side…Read More →