New Horizons In Booze…
I’ve run across stories on my Food News wires recently about two new takes on Alcoholic Beverages. Read along with me and decide for yourself if they are harbingers of the boozy future, or things someone did just because they could. And are they really good ideas in the first place?Read More →
Fast Food Week!
Lots of Fast Food sector news this week: Menu items, mergers and management shifts. Hold on tight as we take a sleigh ride through the latest tests and offerings from the major chains. And, enjoy the sequel to the iconic M&Ms Christmas commercial we all wait for every Holiday season…Read More →
Why Restos Like ‘Starch-On-Starch’ Fad
I’ve posted about this new fast food fad before, and I complained that it’s not really healthy. Nevertheless, folks are eating it up. Now, I’ve been twigged to a new dimension of the phenomenon: Desperate resto operators have realized they can make tons of money offering Starch-on-Starch menu items…Read More →
PETA Tactics Get Up Close And Personal
PETA – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals – have been around for a long time, now. And their latest no-meat propaganda campaign goes farther than anything they’ve done before. But I don’t think this attempt to raise awareness of PETA’s principles will be have any big effect on Meat eaters…Read More →
Gluten Sensitivity Not Same As Gluten Allergy
We recently updated our Gluten News file with word that science has discovered a new treatment for Celiac Disease, commonly known as Gluten Allergy. That’s great news for Celiac sufferers, but according to another team of researchers, it won’t do you any good if you just have Gluten sensitivity…Read More →
Cue Up The Cold Weather Meals!
Here in my town, in Eastern Canada, overnight low temperatures are hitting the minus-double-digits, Celcius, or around 15 F. That’s kind of brutal after a mild Fall that turned to Winter literally overnight! But I have a cure for the chills: My go-to list of easy, comforting, filling meals that will please everyone…Read More →
This Bud’s For Mars!
You’ll remember the recent KFC promotional stunts for its various new menu offerings and it’s stunt that sent a Chicken Sandwich to the stratosphere on a balloon… Well, Budweiser Beer is going them one – or a hundred – better, with a research program designed to make Bud the first Beer on Mars…Read More →
Nuts Can Reduce Risk Of Cardio Disease
A recent paper published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology confirms what researchers have been saying for some time, now; that eating Nuts can reduce your risk of heart disease. But the new study also looks at the relative merits of different kinds of nuts…Read More →