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Iowa Straw Poll Decided By Food?

I was recently reading about the action in Ames, Iowa, site of the every-four-year straw poll to determine the front-runner for the Republican nomination.  This year, the key factor that decided the event...
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Wine Fraternity Adds Two Members

While I have never been a “wine person,” I know plenty of people that take it very seriously.  What I did not know until today is that there is a group of people that take it to the next level by...
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Murdoch Takes the Pie

As if things haven’t been going poorly enough for Rupert Murdoch recently, while he was testifying before a British Parliament committee on the phone hacking scandal, he was hit by a shaving cream pie...
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Worst Food Trends

I recently came across one of Yahoo’s properties called Shine (another portal for women – and couldn’t the world use one more of those) because of an article about the 10 worst food trends in a...
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Fries Pack On The Pounds

On the heels of my colleague Sam asking which style of french fry is your favorite, a recent report out of Harvard suggests that eating certain foods – especially french fries – results in...
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Bruins Know How to Party

After the Boston Bruins won their first Stanley Cup in 39 years, making Boston the definitive titletown of the country (on the heels of the Sox, Pats and Celtics) you knew there was going to be a party....
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Energy Shots Boost Seniors?

Every once in a while, when I am waiting in line at a drug store or super market, I will notice those ubiquitous little bottles of energy potion that I always assumed could double for antifreeze. Well, as I...