Posts Tagged ‘jamie oliver’

Fat Burning Spices Turn Up The Heat On Healthy Meals

By Mike On July 27, 2009 7 Comments

I had some really crazy offers for fat burning remedies this week in my email inbox. Offers such as a six pack of hydroxycitric acid all the way to pre-packaged garlic cloves. I think I might have a problem!

These emails are like Entertainment Tonight or Celebrity News for me… probably because they are so comical in their claims and the poor grammar never gets old.

Getting back on track: I have a new-found love of herbs and spices after having dinner with friends at a restaurant in Toronto called Spice Route.

A visit to Marrakesh, Morocco introduces me to the world of spices
[Talking about spices got me thinking back to my weekend trip to Marrakesh, Morocco. The food markets in the town square were overflowing with herbs and spices.]

It’s Indo-Chinese cuisine that tantalized my taste buds like nothing of recent memory. Perusing

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Cheap Comfort Food on the Rise

By Mike On January 28, 2009 2 Comments

In many news reports this past month, there has been a rise of sales on comfort, or ”lowbrow” food.Kraft Dinner on the RiseItems such as Kraft dinner, Jell-O and Campbell’s condensed soup are experiencing a strong resurgence as people are staying in, instead of eating out. Health experts across the board have been throwing there arms up in disgust, most notably Food Network star and chef Jamie Oliver who warned the British Parliament in November that the financial crisis would drive people and families to cheap food and worsen the obesity epidemic.

Various online forums and people we converse with on a daily basis have commented about the blatant advertising in there local grocery flyers for prepackaged foods like Lipton Sidekicks and instant potatoes. These items are always on sale and are plastered all over the flyers. Rarely are healthy

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