Fast Food Week!
We have a mixed bag of news from the Fast Food Sector this week… New menu items galore are complemented by yet another food-and-fashion mashup. Olive Garden and McDonald’s bring back customer favourites. And 7-Eleven partners with Pillsbury on Stuffed Breakfast Waffles…Read More →
Get Ready For the Next Holiday Weekend…
Canadian Thanksgiving falls on Monday, October 9, this year. That’s still a week away, but we can all make provisioning the big day easier and less stressful by doing some of the cooking chores in advance. And that should start this weekend, when we’ve got time to make some things ahead…Read More →
Beer DOES Raise Your Spirits!
You’ve known it for ages, but had no proof. There’s something about Beer that makes life better. Now, after exhaustive studies, Science has has come up with a real, true cause-and-effect relationship between suds and celebration. And there are more ‘happy molecules’ in the wings!Read More →
Milk Replacements Can’t Replace Milk
I know that sounds counter-intuitive, but a new British study reveals that it’s true. Drinking Soy, Almond, Coconut, Oat, Rice, Hazelnut, Hemp or other substitutes for Cow’s Milk may leave you short of Iodine, an important element in your diet which is essential to maintaining thyroid health.Read More →
The History And Mystery Of The ‘Melt’
We love these Sammies so much we hardly notice them for the masterful culinary creations they are. We assume they’ve been around forever. Well, it’s time to right that wrong and focus on the Melt for one FFB post at least. Read on and learn about the wondrous evolution of the Melt family…Read More →
What’s The ‘Poorest’ Meal You Ever Ate?
As a College student living in residence, I had to stretch my cash many a month and it got hard to afford real food near the end. We’ve all had times in our life when we’ve had to get creative and an relate to this one. How did we do it? I stumbled on a blog post recently that shared folks’ ‘Struggle Meals’…Read More →
Walmart Tests New Delivery Service
Not content to muscle its way into food retailing, marketing mammoth Walmart is testing a new food delivery service in Silicon Valley which not only lets you order online, but brings food to your door and – this is where I balk at the concept – allows the delivery guy into your house…Read More →
Fast Food Week!
Here we go… The Fall Flavour Madness plot thickens! KFC returns to Celebrity Colonels to plug the return of two former menu favourites. Chipotle discontinues its much-hyped Choriso. Arby’s reveals its Fall specials and… Ever wonder why Papa John’s packs a Pepperoncino with every Pie?Read More →