NOVELTY: What Can You Say About XXL McFries?
What IS there to say? Except that off in Exotic Asia, in one of the most unspoiled countries within that realm, there lies a McSecret that few outside know. Malaysians are the world’s biggest fans of McDonald’s Fries. And they demand Fries on top of Fries!Read More →
‘Gourmet’ SPAM-A-Rama Sammy Steps Up!
SO… You think Publix’s Holiday ‘Christmas in July’ Sub is the be-all and end-all? SPAM aficionados insist that they have something lightyears ahead of THAT…. And I have to admit I’m a Big SPAM fan, too… Who among you is willing to try both and decide?Read More →
Diet More Influential On Obesity Than Exercise?
Conventional wisdom regarding the associ-ation of diet and exercise with weight loss and maintenance dictates that a combination is required to achieve desired results. Not necessarily so, says a new Duke University study.Read More →
Mars Invests (US)$5 Million In ‘The Perfect Peanut’
If there’s a confection company that’s got more at stake in the happy, healthy future of the peanut than Mars, I can’t think of it. In fact, Mars must be second only to the Peanut Butter brands as a commercial ‘food’ Peanut user…Read More →
Amazing ‘Holiday Sub’ Welcome At My House Anytime!
Serves me right for not living in the US, I guess. But I’ve just become aware of what many online den-izens are referring to as a Holiday classic which is back for the ‘non-Holidays’… It’s Publix’s Turkey Cranberry Special…Read More →
Bioplastic Breakthrough Checks All The Enviro-Boxes…
“Too good to be true?” That was my initial re-action when I read the preamble to a recent scientific report that announces the discovery of a new class of bioplastics which seems to address all the evils of petro-plastics – and more!Read More →
Potatoes Way More Ancient Than We Thought?
It’s hard to imagine anything 9 million years old – and more or less unchanged over that time. But now, science says we may have been looking at that ‘thing’ and eating it almost every day our whole lives… Add to that, it’s one of the ost nutritious veggies there is!Read More →
Scrumping: Thank Ancient Apes For Your Alcohol Tolerance
I’ve heard about this phenomenon before, though not in this context. But it makes sense that ancient apes’ alcohol experiences and a single-gene selection could be what makes humans able to tolerate alcohol at all. And there’s even a new word for it…Read More →