Here’s some food for thought for today…
- The “speakeasy” has jumped the shark – making an appearance in some teen-oriented television show. Will that affect the crowds at Toronto’s newly opened Roosevelt Room? Given the fridge full of Red Bull behind the bar, I’d say they’re well prepared for their new target demographic.
- Is it acceptable to have a drink at lunchtime with colleagues, or is it another one of those things we don’t do anymore?
- More than a little spilt milk – there’s a push to serve chocolate milk in US schools, purportedly because it’s more nutritious than juice or soda. But it’s also sweetened. And oh yeah… our bodies don’t actually need milk, so wouldn’t it make more sense for the kids to get those nutrients from better sources?
- We tend to think of the US as the land of fast food, but it turns out there are many fast food items from US chains not available in that country. I’m disappointed to see the McLobster roll (served in the Maritime provinces) didn’t make the cut.
- Neighbours of director Guy Ritchie’s London pub The Punch Bowl are unimpressed by the constant traffic, even if the customers are royals and celebrities.
- Marion Nestle comes onside in support of a vegetarian diet. As all of us pseudo-veggies knew all along, it’s perfectly safe and probably healthier than eating meat.
- Women feed the world – too bad that, in many countries, they’re still not allowed to own the land they farm.
