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 →
Pizza Nuttiness Reaches New Heights!
This is the first day of Fall. To top off a week dominated by nutty Food News, I’ve found a gem from the Pizza Universe… What’s the Fall’s biggest Flavour Rage? Pumpkin Spice. What’s the last thing you’d expect to find it in? Pizza. Where would you expect someone to do that first? California? No!Read More →
Stop The Hot Pepper Madness!
It used to be that we’d hear about the discovery of a new, even-hotter Hot Pepper once in a decade. Then, one every couple of years. Now, it seems a new contender for The World’s Hottest Pepper surfaces every few months. My question is: Why do we need man-made, ever-hotter Peppers?Read More →
Many Americans Dismally ‘Food Illiterate’
A new survey reveals that many Americans (and, probably, Canadians, too) are woefully uninformed about their food, where it comes from and how it is produced. If that sounds odd to you, just have a gander at some of the key results from the wide-ranging ‘food literacy’ questionnaire…Read More →