Buttergate Update: Discrimination suit ‘dropped’!
In a stunning surprise move (auditioning for a tabloid reporting job, here!) the plaintiff in the case against food diva Paula Deen has dropped the suit and all claims against the restauranteur. But we won’t be getting too much in the way of details… Nobody’s talking!Read More →
Red meat is okay! – And other revelations…
Yes! At last, one respected authority has proclaimed red meat healthy, another says coffee can be good for you, and other lately-chagrined foods are having a day in the sun. The key to making ‘bad’ the new ‘good’ is – and you know this already! – moderation…Read More →
Men’s Golden Years tarnished by breakfast deficit?
“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day!” You’ve heard it thousands and thousands of times, starting back when your Mom wanted to waste the best part of the morning on EATING. (Imagine that!) But now, when we’re older and supposedly wiser, it turns out that Mom was right…Read More →
Are you throwing away a fortune?
According to a recent survey, Canadians throw out more than $2.5 billion a year worth of spoiled or spoiling produce. And the cause of this unbelievable waste of otherwise good food seems to be improper storage, proceeding from a lack of knowledge about how to handle common foods properly.Read More →
Buttergate Update: Butter for Paula!
Paula Deen’s recent scandals continue to spawn spinoffs and contingent controversies. The latest development has Deen fans in their hundreds of thousands up in arms, sending butter wrappers in their (potential) millions to the companies that fired Deen, demanding that the injustice be undone.Read More →
Say it ain’t so, Joe! Hot Dogs in decline?
Consumers – literally – consumed more than $1.7 billion (with a B) worth of hot dogs last year. And that’s not counting the ones they bought at restaurants, food trucks, street carts and sports venue concessions. Even so, that’s a drop of 3 per cent from the year before. What’s going on?Read More →
Leftover Rhapsody: Roast Beef
I can’t seem to make a roast beef dinner without having lots of leftovers. Good thing there are a lot of ways to make yesterday’s roast today’s culinary triumph! I particularly love dishes where the roast gets another long, low, slow braise…Read More →
Retro ‘Slugburger’ a summer southern legend
You paid just a nickel, or ‘slug’, as the vernacular of the day had it, for this Depression-busting, ‘burger’ which stretched a Diner’s available meat farther than most of us today can imagine. And, in spite of being composed mainly of fillers, it’s remembered fondly…Read More →