Is Pepsico Planning To ‘Cancel’ Feminism?
Not really. But it looked, for a moment, in a recent interview with the online magazine Freakonomics, that the soft drink giant was preparing to turn back the clock fifty years or so and start marketing products specifically designed for women – ‘women’ with a big, pink capital ‘W’…Read More →
Girl Scout Sells Cookies to Pot Poppers
The reaction has been swift and voluminous, and covers the whole spectrum from kudos to no-nos, after a San Diego, CA, Girl Scout sold 312 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies outside a local Marijuana Dispensary over Super Bowl Weekend. You gotta give the kid credit for her marketing smarts!Read More →
Super Bowl Food Prices Just Plain Greedy
Following the well-established rule that people will pay ANYTHING for Food if they’re trapped in a stadium or arena with no option but to buy what’s there, Super Bowl vendors went absolutely nuts with their prices this past Sunday. It’s just naked, hand-wringing greed at it’s shameless worst…Read More →
Breakfast May Be The Slimmingest Meal…
You’ve no doubt heard the maxim, that ‘Breakfast is the most important meal of the day’. After taking a 14-day test which I created, I have to agree… But my reasoning and methodology are probably not what the dieticians and doctors and nutritionists had in mind when they coined the maxim…Read More →
Give Your Mind A Wine Cleansing?
Sounds, oddly, like fun time and a purge at he same time. The best of both worlds? Maybe… Just don’t go on a bender and expect to come out the other end thinking like Einstein, say researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center. The old maxim about moderation applies…Read More →
Fast Food Week!
Another week of slim pickings on the Fast Food Newsfront. But the stories we did dig up are full-bodied and flavourful! Including… Unique Italian Nachos, some saucy new Breakfast Sandwiches, A Doughnut-and-Chicken joint in L.A., and something fishy from Arby’s, after a ten year lapse…Read More →
Crazy-Easy Breakfast Bake From Frozen
As you know, I’m a big fan of Buffets and big Casseroles when I need to feed a crowd for Breakfast or Brunch. Well, I’ve just tripped over a new ‘recipe’. It embarrasses me that I didn’t think of it first. Get this: You can use frozen Breakfast Sandwiches or Burgers in Breakfast Casseroles!Read More →
Which Milk Substitute Is Most Nutritious?
It’s been a necessity for some and a vogue for many in recent years, to give up Cow’s Milk in favour of other ‘Milks’, mainly of vegetable origin. If you can’t stomach Cow’s Milk or simply choose not to drink it, you’ll be interested to see how the popular Milk substitutes stack up in nutritional value…Read More →