“What good are the Scots?” my English friend asked the other night after a wide sampling of various beverages. I didn’t rise (much) to the bait as he listed the many faults of my ancestors , but I had to admit to myself afterward that he got me with this one: “You certainly can’t eat […]

Check out this story. The US Food and Drug Administration argues that the health claims made by the makers of Cheerios make the cereal a “drug” rather than food. – ska http://www.canada.com/Health/Popular+Cheerios+cereal+drug/1591926/story.html

By Scott Anderson By now, the food industry has us all used to probiotics, which is a better word than bacteria, because who wants to eat bacteria?  Fair enough, they have to sell us something novel now that fibre has fallen out of favour.  Bacteria has always been in yogurt, but call it probiotics and […]

By Scott Anderson A friend heading to Europe for a few days R&R asks on his facebook page whether Brussels sprouts are just called sprouts in Brussels. My guess is that Belgians probably blame someone else, given the little cabbage’s reputation. They probably call them London sprouts or Dutch sprouts, depending on which foreigners they […]