I don’t know Jack
It may come as no surprise to you that I’m not a fast-food fan. For me it’s not the principle of the thing: I just don’t like the taste, for the most part. And if a lot of calories are … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Food
A soda by any other name…
…would taste as sweet. The survey that demonstrates this is not especially scientific, but it’s fun. Growing up in New York, the operative word for carbonated beverages was “soda.” Later I learned that in the midwest “pop” was much preferred. … Continue reading →
Human jello
Icky icky poo.
Continue reading →My kind of food–maybe
Wow. You can eat tons of this stuff and not gain weight. Only thing is, would you want to eat it? My reaction to most-reduced calorie food, or food that uses substitutes (carob, artificial sweetener, what-have-you) is that it’s unappetizing. … Continue reading →
Why are competitive eaters thin?
Competitive eating is an exceedingly odd—not to mention distasteful—sport. I’m not at all into watching people stuff their faces at rates that seem physically impossible and at the very least highly undesirable. But I was reminded of it recently because … Continue reading →
The Atkins diet and me
While we’re talking about diets (and we were, yesterday), let me just say that I don’t think much of the Atkins diet. It’s an eating plan a number of commenters touted on yesterday’s thread. I’m sure it’s fine for some … Continue reading →
Are snacks the culprits in overweight?
There’s evidence that one of the main reasons people are more overweight these days is that they eat more snacks. I can believe it. Remember when we were young, and people weren’t supposed to eat between meals? When was the … Continue reading →
Zuckerberg and eating what you kill
The news that 27-year-old Facebook founder and gazzillionaire Mark Zuckerberg has announced that he’ll only eat meat he personally kills has been food (pun intended) for jokes and puzzlement. He’s been guided in his efforts by a Silicon Valley chef … Continue reading →
What’s up with the giant marshmallow?
Maybe I’m late to the party, but I only recently noticed the arrival of the giant marshmallow. They look like regular marshmallows, only bigger. Is bigger necessarily better? I don’t see why; I’d never found anything wrong with the size … Continue reading →
After Jello hits the floor
Many of you may have noticed that I’ve been derelict in posting about jello lately. What can I say? I’ve been busy. It slipped my mind. There’s nothing new in the jello world. Flimsy excuses, I know. But I will … Continue reading →
A peep of chickens
From the inimitable Julia Child. Just a mite creepy (although peppy. And peepy.):
Continue reading →A solution to the jelly bean quandry
I went to Walgreen’s last night, and while prowling the aisles I came across an entire aisle of Easter candy. Easter. It is still February. Easter this year is April 24. Yet here they are: the myriad chocolate bunnies (which … Continue reading →