Last summer, Subway started quietly testing a new product in some of its U.S. markets — but it wasn’t an addition to its Subway Series line of sandwiches, another Fresh Melt, or even a new flavor of cookie. Instead, the Connecticut-based chain was trying out a shiny new…deli meat slicer. As reported by Restaurant Business, Subway has been making plans to […]
Victoria Hornbaker, the Director of the Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Division at the California Department of Food and Agriculture has been preparing for years to tackle a deadly citrus disease that is now beginning to spread across California, known as Citrus Greening. As Food & Wine reports, Citrus Greening, or Huanglongbing (HLB), is a fatal and incurable citrus […]
Fresh Ideation Food Group, a Baltimore-based company, is recalling more than 400 of its products, including breakfast sandwiches, pre-made wraps, salads, sliced fruit, and yogurt, due to potential Listeria contamination. “During routine monitoring of our facility, we determined that listeria may be present in the facility,” the company said in a statement. “In an abundance of caution, we have […]
Now that we know the Kansas City Chiefs are going to be taking on the Philadelphia Eagles in Arizona for Super Bowl LVII on February 12, it couldn’t be a better time to start making plans for the big game. Taco Bell wants to make things easier for everyone, whether you’re the “paint your face and […]
Starbucks is changing its rewards program and will soon require customers to spend even more before receiving a free drink. In December, the coffee giant emailed its rewards users to share the news that starting on February 13 of this year, it will require more points (known as Stars) to redeem free drinks and other goodies. According to NBC’s Today […]
If you’ve ever lived in or even visited New England, you know that Dunkin’ iced and cold brew coffee is a year-round affair. No matter how low the temperatures go, people living from Connecticut to Maine simply cannot give up that icy beverage. Even the Boston Globe took note of the phenomenon in 2017, exclaiming in a headline, “‘Iced coffee […]
In 1997, the California-based non-profit Roots of Peace launched with the mission of “removing the remnants of war and restoring agricultural productivity and prosperity.” Over 25 years, the organization has worked in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Afghanistan to replace minefields with farms, orchards, and vineyards, giving the land back to the people. And now, despite the ongoing conflict, […]
If you ask a wine connoisseur to shout out the first / best / most renowned French Bordeaux producer that comes to mind, most will probably blurt out, “Château Lafite Rothschild!” The famed Bordeaux winery held the most expensive bottle record before that upstart from Burgundy, Romanée-Conti snatched it in 2018 and, as of this time last […]
Do you know much egg you really need to make it a full-blown eggnog? According to Hellmann’s, you need however much egg is in its mayonnaise. While egg is only the third ingredient in Hellmann’s mayonnaise, behind oil and water, America’s best-selling mayo still believes that’s plenty of egg to give you a perfectly acceptable nog […]
It’s quite possibly the most legendary perk in the fast food world: The McDonald’s McGold Card, entitling its holder to free McDonald’s for life. Even if you’re not a huge Mickey D’s fan, you’ll have to admit that being able to drop into thousands of locations across the country for a free coffee, fries, or Happy Meal on […]