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High Fructose Corn Syrup: Hard Questions, Easy Answer
If you’ve read anything about obesity and nutrition in the past few years, or paid any attention to food packages in the supermarket, you’re aware that there’s a bit of a controversy surrounding a sweetener called high fructose corn syrup, … Continue reading
I’ll Have Mine Well Done, Please
Favorite comment below this YouTube video: the one dubbing it “Soylent Brown.” Best moment in the video: 1:32 – look at the label on the refrigerator. Comforting thought: if McDonald’s adopts this, it will be an upgrade.
Apparently you can’t have both.
2010.11.05
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Time to Upgrade The Glassware
After an unfortunate incident involving a broken beer glass, the Landsdowne Pub in Boston has switched to plastic cups. Fortunately, I don’t frequent that establishment, but it seems the Commonwealth has forced a number of other pubs to use plastic … Continue reading
Why Does It Hurt When I Pea?
Remember that urban myth about someone swallowing an acorn and having a tree grow in his gut? Well, here’s today’s local news: Doctors feared the worst when they studied Ron Sveden’s (SVEE’-dehn) X-rays and spotted a small dark spot. The … Continue reading
The "Recipes" Section
I’ve started adding some of my favorite recipes to the site. Just click the “Recipes” tab above and you’ll see the list, which will grow in the coming weeks. Because I do most of the cooking for our household on … Continue reading
Finally, a Tax Break We Can All Support
Senator John Kerry definitely has my vote the next time he’s up for election: BOSTON—U.S. Sen. John Kerry says he wants to give the country’s 1,500 small beer makers a tax break. Kerry introduced a bill to the Senate on … Continue reading