The Frozen Drinks of Summer: More Fat than a Pint of 1/2 and 1/2
We used to know where we stood with our frozen drinks: A milkshake was a stand-in for an ice cream dessert when you didn’t feel like a cone. Smoothies were a nutritious meal replacement for the health...
View ArticleHow’d They Get So Little? The true story of baby carrots.
Did you ever wonder where those perfect little carrots come from? Those marvels of the produce aisle, so uniform in shape, size, and color, like no carrot found in nature. You’ve had your suspicions;...
View ArticleThe Super Bowl of Snacking
On Super Bowl Sunday we’re not so much armchair quarterbacks as snack bowl linebackers. For most fans the broadcast is an excuse to eat a full day’s worth of calories one tortilla chip and chicken...
View ArticleCrowdsourcing: You Pick the Flavors
Crowdsourcing is bigger than ever. Pepsi, Lincoln, and Dannon all used it for their Super Bowl ads. We recently saw an indie music star crowdsource his tattoo, Yahoo’s CEO crowdsourced her baby’s name,...
View ArticleJunk Food Jargon
Great literature is like a great meal. In the hands of a talented writer, simple words are carefully chosen and combined into something transcendent. A master chef can do the same with basic...
View ArticleThis is Why FroYo is Trouncing Ice Cream
Have you seen the new breed of frozen yogurt shop? Of course you have; they’re like retail kudzu, sprouting everywhere with their happy-hued decor, self-serve flavor lineups, and myriad toppings....
View ArticleNew Snacks Get the Junk Out of Junk Food
Snacking gets a bad rap. There’s nothing inherently wrong with it. A well-chosen snack will stave off hunger, boost your energy, and supply your body with important nutrients. What’s wrong is that we...
View ArticleIs Junk Food the New Tobacco?
Junk food is the new tobacco: that’s the takeaway from The World Health Organization’s Assembly that’s taking place right now in Geneva. The U.N.’s Olivier De Schutter opened the summit with this...
View ArticleYour Next Nosh: The Best New Treats from the Sweets & Snacks Expo
There were plenty of smiles when the annual Sweets & Snacks Expo wrapped up earlier this week.It’s not just that they’d spent a few days in a real life, sugar-sprinkled Candyland; even better was...
View ArticleThe Small-Batch Experts at PepsiCo Are Crafting Your Next Artisanal Cola
[shareable, instagram-ready photo via Caleb’s Kola] PepsiCo, the mega-giant, multi-national food and beverage corporation has just launched Caleb’s Kola. Maybe ‘launched’ isn’t the right word. As the...
View ArticleIt takes a half hour of tossing around a football to burn off the calories...
On Super Bowl Sunday, we’re not so much armchair quarterbacks as snack bowl linebackers. For most fans the broadcast is an excuse to eat a full day’s worth of calories– one tortilla chip and chicken...
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