Junk Food can Hurt Your Brain
We’re all aware of the flood of studies and claims (some scientific and sound, some apocryphal) about ‘Junk Food’ that have burst upon the Internet in the past decade. It’s ruining our bodies and making us fat. Now, there’s new scientific evidence that Junk Food is actually making us stupider, too…Read More →
Reduce, Re-use, Recycle… Re-grain?
One of the most environment-friendly things you can do is re-use something – or what’s left of it – after it has served its primary purpose. One of the most creative re-use programs I’ve seen yet, in the culinary world, is an initiative by the clever young beer lovers at regrained.com…Read More →
Summer Staples: Marinade Magic!
Summer is the time most of us roll out the grill or smoker and get busy with some great cuts of meat! Grill Masters need to know what the Heck Marinade is and how it works? Once you get Marinades down, you’ll be able to work grillside magic on any food you choose to fire up!Read More →
Summer Staples: Potato Salads
I love this seasonal favourite almost as much as my mom’s Famous Chicken Salad! Like that Summer staple, my Potato Salad can be adapted to many menus and flavour themes. It’s inexpensive as well as quick and easy to prepare! Start thinking now about how you can make it your own!Read More →
Summer Staples: Chicken Salad!
If there’s one dish I associate with summer dining more than any other, it’s my Mom’s Chicken Salad! It’s easy to make, lends itself to a whole slew of presentations and is a great way to employ leftovers. And I love how it can be adapted to complement any menu theme or flavour profile!Read More →
McDonalds makes More Corporate History…
McDonald’s has been shaking things up in the fast food sector to an unprecedented degree over the first half of this year. And they’re not done yet. Over the next year. they say they’ll close more restaurants than they open – for the first time in the burger giant’s history. The question is… Why?Read More →
Nutella Saga becomes Even Nuttier!
First it was the Brits, who wanted to ban ads for Nutella Chocolate-Hazelnut spread from because they said the ads overstated the healthfulness of the goo. Now, it seems a French Cabinet Minister is up in arms over the environmental impact of the product. But wait a minute…Read More →
The Big Lie: “Baked In-Store!”
Starbucks has announced it’s pulling back from a recent expedition into the bakery business, closing about a hundred bakery shop locations it acquired in a takeover designed to jazz up the quality of it’s bread and pastry treats. Too much trouble to actually bake on the premises. Really?Read More →