Soon: A Patch To Tell You If It’s Fresh
No more guess work about that stuff in the back of the fridge! Is it still good? Or should you throw it out? Researchers at McMaster University in Canada have come up with a material that can detect food poisoning bacteria. And you’ll be able to read results directly from the unopened package…Read More →
Fast Food Week!
Time sure flies when you’re sorting your shoe box full of receipts as the tax filing deadline looms! Anyway, we’ve got another weeks’ worth of updates from the Fast Food Sphere… This time, there’s word of new offerings from Denny’s and Dunkin’s, and the return of a summer fave from Mountain Dew…Read More →
Tim’s Has Another Big Image Problem…
We all know that Tim Horton’s – once among the most admired Brands in Canada along with Canadian Tire and Campbell’s – has taken an amazing dive in popularity among its franchisees. But, now, the public’s opinion of the company has followed suit, in the latest annual poll…Read More →
Hawking Gone But Still Giving
Stephen Hawking, the most renowned theoretical physicist of our time, passed away March 14. But the man who was so generous in sharing his insights and discoveries about the cosmos hosted a gala Easter lunch for the homeless In his longtime home town, Cambridge. No, it wasn’t magic…Read More →
Pasta Doesn’t Cause Weight Gain!
Yay! I always knew they’d discover this was so. It was just a matter of time… And, now, researchers can say, with scientific certainty, that Pasta consumption neither causes weight gain nor contributes to the deposition of body fat. Which makes it different from other common Carbs…Read More →
Calorie Restriction Alone Has Broad Benefits
We know that cutting Calories will help you lose weight. But, now, researchers have demonstrated that a calorie-restricted diet can also positively effect a number of afflictions including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, as well as cancer and diabetes. But who among us will actually do it?Read More →
Is Solid Ketchup ‘A Condiment Too Far’?
My first reaction, when I read about this ‘new idea’ in condiments, was, ‘Here’s another product somebody created just because they could. Do we really need it?’ But, after some consideration, I think it might have a legitimate role to play in the dining universe. The Twitterverse resoundingly disagrees…Read More →
Cali Stirs Up The Coffee vs Cancer Debate
It’s come round before and, thanks to a decision in a California court this past week, it’s all coming round again: the debate over whether Coffee causes Cancer. We found the Cali decision odd, since global health authorities have exonerated Coffee as a carcinogen and pronounced it ‘heart healthy’…Read More →