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What is the difference between Sweet Potatoes and Yams?
Hope you have a great Thanksgiving today! This chart comes from Lifehacker and it answers the age old question: What is the difference between the sweet potato and yam?
Yelp! Reviews: What’s Fake and What’s Real?
Yelp is one of the largest community based review sites for restaurants. It’s a trusted source for millions, and as such, positive and negative reviews can have a big impact on restaurant bottom lines. The importance of the site has given rise to many fake reviews, referred to as “astroturfing” written by business owners and […]
The Best Time to Drink Coffee
Coffee is consumed daily by 83% of American adults. Most drink it first thing in the morning, but according to science that’s not the best time for joe. Hormones in your body ebb and flow through the day. From 8am to 9am, cortisol, the stress and alertness hormone is at a high point. Other high […]
Welcome to Chili’s: Please Look At the Screen
Chili’s plans to install tablet style computers at most of their locations. The casual dining chain says the devices, which allow guests to order and pay online, saw an up tick of overall sales than those without: According to Krista Gibson, VP of Strategy “Pictures of desserts pop up on the screen midway through the […]
Natural Food Dyes: Purple Sweet Potatoes Are In? Artificials Out…….Someday
Synthetic dyes are pervasive in all kinds of food. Crazy hued yogurts? Frosting on a cake? While there isn’t much evidence to prove these dyes are harmful, more and more consumers are on the lookout for natural food coloring. Of course as we learned last year, natural alone doesn’t mean acceptable, when Starbucks was outed […]
Food Waste: Third Largest Source of Greenhouse Gases According to U.N
Behind Chinese and U.S industry, food waste is the 3rd largest source of carbon dioxide emissions. Based on a study by the U.N Food and Agriculture Organization, 1.3 billion tons of food per year is trashed leading to 3.3 billion tons of CO2 emissions. The “Food Wastage Footprint” report is the first to analyze the […]
Cold Remedies From Around the World
Ugh. It’s the beginning of cold season and I am one of the latest victims. But relegation to the couch today won’t be so bad for several reasons: There are lots of NFL games on TV, and from the library I have DVDs of the Young Ones and Once Upon a Time in Mumbai at […]
“Eat It” by Weird Al Yankovic: September Food Song of the Month
This song will make you smile. The RoodonFood Song of the Month is called “Eat It” by Weird Al Yankovic. A parody of the classic Michael Jackson song “Beat It,” it’s almost a frame by frame homage to the video as well. The song hit #12 on the Billboard charts back in 1984 and even […]
Julia Child and Raw Chicken
Around 90% of Americans regularly wash raw chicken with the belief that they’re ridding it of bacteria and sliminess. We’ve been given this advice from many authorities including, perhaps the most beloved of all, Julia Child. In fact, according to food researchers, the opposite is true. That’s because washing increases the chances that you’ll spread […]
