February 5, 2013 Just in time for Lent, McDonalds is adding a new option to their menu! Fish McBites join Chicken Nuggets on the Happy Meal menu - tailored towards kids and adults who are looking for fish options during the lead-up to Easter.
February 4, 2013 It looks like tomato prices won't be rising! Leaders from the United States and Mexico have reached an agreement to continue their 16 year-old trade policies.
Only t-minus four days until the big game, so now is the perfect time to start thinking about the most important part of our Super Bowl party-- food. Nachos, sandwiches, pizza and anything greasy goes, as long as it's hardy and semi-manly. But how the heck are we supposed to choose with so many delicious options out there? Answer: go big.
January 31, 2013 Okay, so this has been making the rounds on the web for the last day or so - and as the resident "foodie", I thought I would pass it along to you. A new story online suggests that we've all been eating Chinese takeout the wrong way; The blog suggests that instead of eating our food out of those deep containers, we should "unfold" the paper vessel to create a make-shift plate - with a larger surface area.
If you thought Subway wasn’t going to budge an inch on its stance regarding the scandal over how long its footlong sandwiches really are, you’re wrong.
January 28, 2013 It seems we live in interesting times. Or, maybe we should say expensive times. First it was gas. Then it was our paychecks. Next was the price of milk. Now, it appears that the prices we pay for tomatoes might be getting ready to double - if a trade agreement that the United States has with Mexico falls through.
A restaurant has finally pulled off what bacon lovers have long been trying to create in their home test kitchens.
January 16, 2013 Observers close to the food and restaurant industry are watching their bottom line shrink, with profits expected to be lost due to new taxes that went into effect on January 1st. With Obamacare putting a halt to hiring and forcing some managers to cut staff and hours, the industry was already forecasting a pale 2013. But now with the reversal of the payroll tax holiday that eats an additional 2% from employees take-home check, the companies and supervisors that manage the nations biggest restaurant chains are fearful for what that will mean for their bottom line. Rising gas prices don't help, either.
January 15, 2013 There are many small towns and villages in Minnesota and Wisconsin. I live in one, Lake Nebagamon Wisconsin, and I love the small town atmosphere. Over the years, I have been caught short of food items on more than one occasion due to storms, unexpected emergency, or my own oversight Often times the neighborhood store is closed for the night. Restaurants are usually open, but that can be hard on both the waistline and the wallet. So what do we do now?
For centuries, everyone from physicians to brewers have used flavor wheels as a means of breaking down the many varieties of aromas and flavors of a particular substance or beverage. A new book includes a consumer-friendly version of a flavor wheel just for beer drinkers.
