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Reduce Food Waste And Save Money
Date codes are on thousands of food products; dairy, bakery, packages meats and cheeses, canned goods, dry goods including pasta, and frozen foods. There are Sell By, Use By, Best By, and Guaranteed Fresh By dates. All of these dates are voluntary with no rules or regulations governing them. ... more
Read moreBig Bad For You Bacon Burger
We Serve What People Want Even with the growing diabetes and obesity epidemic in American, fast food, drive-ins, diners, and casual restaurants continue offering foods high in calories, saturated fat, and sodium. Their menus are loaded with foods people want instead of what they need. If a majority of their customers demanded ... more
Read moreHow To Flame Spirits
Spirits are used to flame sauces and desserts. How to successfully flame spirits at home requires a little practice Igniting a dish at the table never fails to capture everyone’s attention. When spirits are flamed, the alcohol burns off leaving a concentrated flavor with hints of caramelized sugar, producing a ... more
Read moreWhy I Won’t Patronize Einstein Bros
Einstein Bros Bagels is a popular breakfast and lunch quick serve restaurant owned by Einstein and Noah Corp. Their speciality is bagels and coffee. It began in 1995 by chain restaurant corporation Boston Chicken now called Boston Market to break into the breakfast food market. I’ve never been a big ... more
Read moreHow Much Sodium Does Salted Water Add To Pasta
Cooking Pasta When you cook pasta, you have two options: Use unsalted water Add salt to cooking water I was raised in the second camp. My parents always added salt to the cooking water. Most pastas have little or no sodium. That’s good if you are on a sodium restricted ... more
Read moreArizona Frys Foods Short Weights Chicken
One of the features of Italian Med Diet is providing accurate nutrition information for each recipe. To do this each ingredient must be weighed or measured. Measuring is easy using standardized measuring cups and spoons. Weighing can be tricky dependent on the accuracy of the scale used. Where’s The Rest ... more
Read moreNational Spumoni Day
If you need another reason to celebrate, August 21st is National Spumoni Day in the United States. Never heard of National Spumoni Day? You’re not alone, neither had I. One reason I’ve never paid any attention to National Spumoni Day is due to the difficulty of finding Apulian style spumoni. ... more
Read moreAccentuate The Positive, Eliminate The Negative
Restaurant and food manufacturer marketing departs are always coming up with new ideas to get people into their restaurant or buy their products even when they are not as healthy as they claim. Here is a recent ad for a national chain steak restaurant. What parent doesn’t want their child ... more
Read moreDiners, Drive-Ins and Death
Some people wonder why so many Americans are overweight or obese. The answer is very simple. An abundance of low cost, high calorie foods. A popular program on the U.S. Food Network cable channel is Diners, Drive-ins and Dives hosted by chef and restaurant owner Guy Fieri. Yes, he is Italian. The ... more
Read moreUnited States Restaurant Traffic Still Down from 2008
According to an article on businessfinder.com: U.S. restaurant traffic has failed to recover from the slowdown of the recession. Consumers made 61 billion visits to restaurants in the year ending May 2014, which is roughly 2 billion fewer visits than in 2008, according to data from The NPD Group, an industry ... more
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