Saying nuts to Nutricate? The apparent success and consumer popularity of municipal laws in New York City, Seattle, Philadelphia and elsewhere that require chain restaurants to post nutritional information on their menus means that (1) more American cities’ elected officials will propose simil...

At work, I report to someone whose base is in Atlanta.  I don’t see my boss very often.  Maybe once every quarter. Last month, he told me he’s coming over to Vancouver and did not state his agenda for the visit.  Some of us were uneasy because I know the company had clamped down on tr...

"This is an emergency, my McNuggets are an emergency." That was the rationale proffered by one Latreasa L. Goodman, 27, of Fort Pierce, Florida. Last week Goodman went into a McDonald's restaurant and ordered a 10-piece Chicken McNuggets. She paid the money but was then told that the location was ou...

Jessica Simpson, Robert Downey Jr. taking off weight It’s been awhile since we brought you a roundup of diet news from the world of celebrities, and we almost missed the drama (if you want to call it that) surrounding Jessica Simpson’s weight. First she was all over the magazines saying she like...

I know I’ve been a pretty lame-ass blogger this past couple of weeks, but with the baby coming in a little less than two weeks, I’ve been trying to finish up work on other stuff lately and have been kinda swamped…sorry. But when I head the news that Jack in the Box was offering two...

Twice as much potassium as sodium cuts heart risk Getting twice as much potassium as you do sodium could cut your risk of death from cardiovascular disease in half. That’s the conclusion of a study from Loyola University Health System in Chicago, which looked at people who weren’t asked to chang...

Oh GOD, as if the recession and the layoffs weren't all heart-rending enough, now the poor old geriatric retirees are being forced to shuffle back into the workforce. Why is economic collapse so sad? Now instead of whiling away their "golden" years in a recliner, knitting, while cat hair piles up ar...

Captain John said to Chick Filet, “Hey Babe, let’s fudrucker. We can party platter ‘til we drop. Bojangles, he’s a sucker.”...

Captain John said to Chick Filet, “Hey Babe, let’s fudrucker. We can party platter ‘til we drop. Bojangles, he’s a sucker.”...

Inspired by Johnnyuma's "garbage plate". In New Brunswick, NJ, we had grease trucks. grease trucks sold what was called "Fat"sandwiches, which such things as things on them as mozzarella sticks, chicken fingers, jalapeño poppers, and pizza bites. Many had burgers, some were vegetarian. ALL would cl...