Making The Budget Go Further
Posted on 29 February 2012 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in food and wine
There are a few simple rules that will make the budget go a lot further in a time when every cent makes a difference. Managers of supermarkets count on your common mistakes, to keep their turnover high and pull that extra dollar out of your pocket, from where they place certain items on the shelves, [...]
Exploding Recipe Costs Thousands
Posted on 1 February 2012 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in food and wine, Society
It took seven long years for 14 people to win a lawsuit against a Chilean newspaper. The paper had published a recipe for cooking a fried doughy snack of churros, which obviously had a typing error in it. (At least that is what most people are trying to believe.) The recipe, which was instructions to [...]
Deadly Recipes
Posted on 29 December 2011 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in food and wine
Some recipes can prove fatal if the ingredients or instructions are misleading, or left untried by the author. It took seven years for a judge to rule that a Chile daily paper should compensate readers who tried out a published recipe for churros, a popular American snack of dough fried in hot oil. Thirteen people [...]
China’s Chocolate Theme Park
Posted on 7 December 2011 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in Art, food and wine, Society
80 tons of Belgian chocolate was used to create sculptures featured in this year’s Shanghai’s ‘Willy-Wonky’ style Chocolate Theme Park, known as World Chocolate Wonderland. The first Chocolate Wonderland was held in Beijing in 2010 and attracted nearly half a million visitors. Chocolatiers created sculptures in chocolate, such as the Great Wall of China and [...]
The Label Says It All
Posted on 6 December 2011 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in food and wine, Society
Is there a difference between Chinese and Swiss chocolate, or cheap Indian wine compared to an expensive Italian wine? That was the question posed in the latest survey of a group of 528 students at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, by marketing researcher and consumer psychologist, Keith Wilcox. “Information changed the person’s actual perception of [...]
Cantaloupes Recalled
Posted on 3 October 2011 by LynThomas in food and wine, Health
Outbreaks of food poisoning are more common than most people realize.
Man Made Meat A Reality
Posted on 5 September 2011 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in food and wine, Health, Society
Eating man-made meat could soon be a reality, if scientists have their way.
The Battle Of Sugary Drinks
Posted on 22 June 2011 by LynThomas in food and wine, Health
The rise in obesity has triggered off the battle of sugary drinks and sweets.
Hair Everywhere
Posted on 6 June 2011 by LynThomas in food and wine, Health
Hair is finding a whole range of new uses, from an oil mat to being used in food.
10 Things You Should Never Do In A Restaurant.
Posted on 4 May 2011 by LynThomas in food and wine, Society
There are some things you can do to ensure that your evening out in a restaurant is a happy and pleasant experience, both for yourself and for those with you.
