The Maggot Dilemma: AHS Balked Over Movie Bug…
As faithful followers will have guessed, I’m a big movie fan. One of my all-time fave flics is The Shawshank Redemption. But I discovered there was a lot I didn’t know about the aca-demy-award-winning film when I came across a post at Explored Planet (EP) the other day…Read More →
Trump Lowered The Cost Of Thanksgiving ‘Surroundings’?
US President Donald Trump told reporters during a scrum on Airforce One last week, told reporters he’s single-handedly lowered the price of food by as much as 25 percent. Trump also renamed the traditional Thanksgiving ‘fixings’ to ‘surroundings’.Read More →
Maggie-Approved ‘Different’ Holiday Fete Nibbles …
You all know how I feel about those ‘glossy magazine’ stories featuring absurd numbers of variations on a certain culinary theme. Now, Delish! is offering us ’62 Appetizers [That] Might Just Be The Best Part Of Thanksgiving’.Read More →
Sunday Musings: Frozen Burrito Inventor Chills Out
Duane Roberts passed away this past week. He is credited with inventing the world’s first-ever mass-marketed frozen burrito. Roberts was just a teenager when he began his career, working at his parents’ meat company, Butcher Boy Food Products Inc.Read More →
Fast Food Week: Quick Service Restaurant And Snacks News!
It’s truly a mixed bag in this week’s Fast Food rundown! And we have entries in every cate-gory… The overall theme is Christmassy Green and Red – even if one green item is a Dill Pickle lovers’ convention in Texas. And the Grinch has also shown up…Read More →
Food Prices Rise: Trump ‘Not Fooling Anyone’…
Last Friday, US President Donald Trump told reporters he had made major inroads on his campaign promise – since echoed many times in his public addresses – to lower food prices. But observers say, his ‘plan’ to achieve that doesn’t make sense…Read More →
‘Prime Cuts’ To Reprise Bourdain’s ‘Part’s Unknown’
Anthony Bourdain’s unexpected suicide cut short his popular CNN TV series Parts Un-known. Other networks rushed in to offer something to fill the void. Now, CNN has joined the fray with a series of new food/travel specials featuring Bourdain…Read More →
UPF Makers ‘Mimic Big Tobacco’ Defending Their Heath Claims
Ultra-processed foods makers are apparently taking a page from the ancient and despic-able playbook developed over decades by Big Tobacco to downplay the health threat posed by their products. Because of how well it worked for Tobacco…Read More →