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MARK & DONNIE WAHLBERG TO OPEN BURGER JOINT

Famous siblings Mark and Donnie Wahlberg, along with their chef brother Paul, are opening up a new restaurant in Hingham, Massachusetts. The family finally got the rights to the name “Wahlburgers,” which had been previously trademarked. The Wahlbergs approached Tom Wahl’s, a chain of burger joints based in Rochester, New York, a few months ago [...]

CAN ANYONE REALLY FINISH A BIG GULP?

7-11 convenience stores sell lots and lots of really big drinks. If you’re very thirsty there’s the Big Gulp which holds 32 ounces of your favorite bubbly beverage. And if that’s not enough soda for you, there’s an even larger size called the Extreme Gulp, which contains 52 ounces, twice as much liquid as the [...]

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE FOOD DOLLAR DO WE SPEND EATING OUT?

Remember when eating out was fun? Those were the days before fast food, when families strictly limited their restaurant excursions because eating out was expensive, time consuming, and something to be savored. In 1960, the average household devoted only 21% of its food budget to what the Bureau of Labor Statistics calls food away from [...]

ARE BARBECUES BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH?

Yes, if you eat too much. The French environmental group Robin des Bois tested the fumes associated with the two-hour grilling of four steaks, four turkey cuts and eight sausages over a barbecue, and says that it counted far greater doses of polychlorinated compounds known as dioxins, than would be permissible at the outlet of [...]

PENNY-WISE SUPERFOODS

Which foods give you the most vitamins and minerals for the least money? In descending order, the best vegetables are cabbage, collard greens, mustard greens, turnip greens, and carrots. The top fruits are watermelon, plums, oranges, apples and strawberries.

FOOD STUFF THAT LASTS (ALMOST) FOREVER

You don’t have to live in an earthquake or hurricane zone to find yourself suddenly cut off from conveniences. The reasons for power outages in the U.S. last year ranged from record-setting winter storms in the Northeast to an osprey nesting on utility poles in Florida. Keeping basic food supplies on hand is a good [...]

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF BOTTLED WATER ACTUALLY COMES FROM SPRINGS?

75% of bottled water comes from natural springs and the like, but a shocking 25% comes from various city and town water supplies. This water – which is normally free from taps – has been treated and purified and sold to us at a greatly increased price. Until relatively recently, water bottlers were not required [...]

IF YOU WANT TO SAVE MONEY AT THE SUPERMARKET, SHOP BY YOURSELF

Shopping at the supermarket with your kids or spouse will cost you more. Studies show that shopping by yourself will save you between 10% and 40%!

IS SEA SALT LOWER IN SODIUM THAN TABLE SALT?

According to the American Heart Association, a whopping 61% of American adults think sea salt is a lower-sodium alternative to table salt. The truth is the both contain the same amount of sodium (40%)

THE ULTIMATE CRUELTY-FREE MEAT

Forget beer-fed cows and free-range fowl; scientists are working on the ultimate cruelty-free meat, which will be grown in a test tube from stem cells. Researchers have already succeeded in growing frog and mouse meat in the lab, as well as a sort of mystery meat that could replace ground beef in some dishes. A [...]

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