Foreign Fast Food Workers Go ‘Underground’
Yes, there’s a pun there, somewhere. Stick with me another sentence or two and all will become clear. The essence of the story is that Fast Food franchisees, whose already slim profit margins are being assailed from all sides, are still abusing the rules for Temporary Foreign Workers…Read More →
Junk Food Overdrives Immune System
We’ve heard for years about the connection between our diet and our immune system. Now, a group of German researchers has discovered that High-Fat, High-Cal foods can trigger the same immune system responses as a bacterial infection. And that can cause complications in the long term…Read More →
Tex-Mex Staples Make Many Meals…
I was talking to sister Erin about the upcoming week’s lunch and dinner menus last night and we stumbled upon a new Golden Rule of North American Cooking. Unthinkable ten or fifteen years ago, for most of us, Tex-Mex foods are now staples in many non-Southwestern Kitchens! Read More →
Tim Horton’s Raises Some Prices
The unrest at Tim Horton’s Canada persists. And, now, Horton’s head office – Restaurant Brands International – has decreed menu price hikes on top of the abiding friction between itself and a significant number of franchisees. To a neutral observer, it looks like RBI is cutting off its nose to spite its face…Read More →
Swiss Outlaw Boiling Lobsters Live
I think everybody who’s ever ordered a Lobster dinner at a restaurant, let alone prepared one at home, knows how to cook a Lobster. You stuff it into a big pot of boiling water. But, now, in Switzerland, animal rights people have pushed through a new law, mandating more-humane methods…Read More →
Fast Food Week!
The weather has abated here in the World’s Coldest National Capital and folks are getting out to feed their fast Food Food cravings after a week of downright arctic temperatures that kept many housebound. At the same time, the Holiday drought of Fast Food News has come to a merciful end…Read More →
Mediterranean Diet Better For Frail Elderly?
A new analytical study of a number of surveys on the health of elderly people suggests that physical frailty – common in older folks who are otherwise fit and mentally agile – may be ‘treatable’ through diet and nutrition – specifically by encouraging older folks to follow the so-called Mediterranean Diet…Read More →
Coke Feels Impact of new Favoured Waters
“Times change. We must Change with the times.” Or perish. That’s a lesson that the Coca Cola Company is acting on, after several years aggressive brand building by the upstart Flavoured Water sector. For the first time, Coke has made a major move in the competition’s direction…Read More →