Most of you have undoubtedly heard and used the term “dog days of summer.” Typically, the phrase correlates with the months of July and August, referring to the hottest days of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, a time when dogs — and humans — feel listless.
by BerniePacyniak | August 20, 2010 | Comments (0)
For the 3 million Americans who suffer from Celiac Disease, going on a diet that’s free from wheat gluten is a necessary way of life. For celebrities whose bodies tolerate it just fine, going gluten-free is simply a fad.
by DeborahCassell | August 18, 2010 | Comments (1)
The literal translation is “beautiful, marvelous.” I suppose we could
Americanize it by saying “A beautiful thing!” What am I referring to?
Brazil, in general, and the country’s confectionery industry,
specifically.
by BerniePacyniak | August 18, 2010 | Comments (0)
Palliative therapy. It’s a term I wasn’t really familiar with until
this year. It refers to any kind of care or treatment that concentrates
on reducing the severity of disease symptoms. The goal is not to cure,
but to provide comfort and enhance the quality of life.
It’s been a long, hot summer here in the Midwest -- the kind that makes playing outdoor sports exhausting, getting sunburned more likely and shipping chocolate extremely difficult (as recently received product samples prove).
Call me a “homer,” if you will, but in case you haven’t heard, the
mighty Chicago Blackhawks have captured Lord Stanley’s Cup, the mega
trophy that’s given to the winning team within the National Hockey
League (NHL) here in North America.
I suppose that having the occasion to sample and then judge chocolates from some new as well as established chocolatiers can be viewed as a task that only a chosen few have been graced with. To do so twice, would seem a luxury that few are accorded. Amazingly, such an opportunity did befall me.
Don’t know if you’ve had a chance to catch one of the more recent
missives from the Center for Public Science (CSPI) -- you know, that
Washington, D.C.-based consumer advocacy group headed by Michael
Jacobson, often referred to by some as the “Food Police.”
Forget those new thrill rides at Kennywood, Carowinds and Kings Dominion. Nevermind the debut of Universal Studios’ Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Adults and kids looking for somewhere special to go on family vacation this summer need look no further for fun than Hershey, Pa., site of its latest attraction: Hershey’s Create Your Own Candy Bar.
Given the negative business news that everyone’s
faced during the past year, it’s not unusual to be drawn to a headline such as
“Manufacturing Can Be Competitive in the United States.” Unlike many of the
countless e-mails I receive daily, this one didn’t get deleted automatically. I
opened the file, scanned the attachment and then saved the article for future
perusal.
How many hours of TV do you watch per week? I’m a slave to my DVR, which allows me to catch favorites like “Glee” (I’m a super Gleek) and guilty pleasures such as “The Bachelorette” (don’t judge) long after primetime has passed, once I’ve returned home from board meetings and tennis matches, for example. (I’ve still got the entire last season of “Lost” saved for future viewing.
First, this month’s editorial doesn’t even come close to Jonathan Swift’s satirical essay about Ireland solving its hunger crisis by serving up babies to the British aristocracy.
I’m sure most of you have seen the Martin Scorsese film “Goodfellas” starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta and Joe Pesci, which focuses on main character Henry Hill’s career as a Brooklyn mob wise-guy.
When it rains, it pours. As you know, this popultar idiom refers to something occurring in large quantity after a lengthy absence. And although it’s often used to describe unhappy ends, that’s not always the case.
As we — at least those of us who live in northern climes — watch the last vestiges of winter give way to tulip tips breaking through the ground, it becomes just that much easier to start thinking about spring.
by BerniePacyniak | February 11, 2010 | Comments (0)
In between ongoing updates about Kraft Foods’ bid to swallow up Cadbury PLC, I perused our Global Top 100 listing gleaned by our annual contributor, Paul Rogers.
by BerniePacyniak | January 9, 2010 | Comments (0)
The last time I used a Latin phrase in a headline, one of my colleagues teased me unmercifully, arguing that no one had the faintest idea what I was trying to convey.
by BerniePacyniak | January 6, 2010 | Comments (0)
As I write this, I am still suffering from a food coma – that unpleasant state of being reached only after stuffing one’s face with everything edible – induced by my company’s holiday party earlier today.
by DeborahCassell | January 6, 2010 | Comments (0)
Haves and have nots. It’s a lot easier to espouse sustainability when you have plenty of resources to … well, sustain oneself, as opposed to being in a position where you’re fighting to establish a livelihood for yourself and your family.
by BerniePacyniak | December 16, 2009 | Comments (0)
Vegas is all about the gambling, the shows, the food, the drink … and the candy. No, not eye candy (although that’s a given). I’m referring to the confectionery variety.
by DeborahCassell | December 16, 2009 | Comments (0)
“We was robbed!” That’s all I could think of when Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, announced — in his Hercule Poirot voice — that Chicago had been eliminated in the first round.
by BerniePacyniak | October 27, 2009 | Comments (1)
After booking his flight from Manchester, England, to Chicago for a week’s visit last month, my friend Nick (who was my host brother when I spent a semester in Great Britain during college) asked if there was anything special my family and I wanted him to bring over from the United Kingdom.
by DeborahCassell | October 27, 2009 | Comments (0)
