Thursday, the 17th October
SA hospital figures for food spend are wildly inaccurate
It should have been a straight forward story. The Department of Health yesterday released figures showing how much every hospital in England spends per day, per patient on food. In an accompanying press release the new Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt expressed understandable alarm the disparity of the spending. [read more]
Restaurants Use Instagram To Tap Into Food Porn Obsession
If you’re on Instagram, then you know there are plenty of people addicted to pulling out their cell phones to take snapshots of the greasy burgers, frothy mochas and picturesque cupcakes they eat while out on the town. [read more]
Govt spent R4.6bn on food & entertainment
The government spent R4.67bn on catering, entertainment and travel allowances in 2011, Beeld reported on Tuesday. [read more]
Kindergarten teacher put 19 kids in car to drive to Spur
A kindergarten teacher was fined by Pretoria metro police for transporting 19 toddlers in her car for an outing to a local Spur restaurant. [read more]
Wednesday, the 17th October
McDonald’s Sues City Of Milan
McDonald’s has sued the city of Milan for 24 million euros in damages over being kicked out of a tourist-packed shopping arcade, the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, after the U.S. fastfood chain had rented the space for 20 years. [read more]
Jamie Oliver Says Napkin Theft Is On The Rise In His Restaurants
Jamie Oliver says 30,000 napkins per month depart his restaurants in diner’s pockets and handbags. But they’re far from the weirdest things people steal from the celebrity chef’s restaurants. That honor goes to toilet handles, believe it or not. [read more]
MasterChefSA Auditions in November
Following on the heels of a massively successful first season, M-Net announced that it has started production on a second season of MasterChef South Africa, and the search for amateur cooks is back on! [read more]
Study: The French are embracing Fast Food and getting fat!
A diet of junk food and a couch-potato lifestyle is turning the traditionally skinny French into a nation of fatties, health experts have warned. [read more]
Tuesday, the 16th October
We’ve Been Using Soda Cans All Wrong
If you use a straw to drink soda out of a can, chances are you’re doing it all wrong. We’ve broke the news about improper ketchup cup usage, Tic Tac dispensing and cupcake eating in the past month, now it’s time to shed light on how to sip soda…not like a boss, but instead, like a sir. [read more]
SA is still a net exporter of food, but how long will that last?
RecentT news that the deficit on the current account of the balance of payments has widened to 6.4% of gross domestic product is a timely reminder of what constitutes the Achilles heel of South Africa’s economy. Continued strikes on the mines are the most obvious immediate risk to the necessary reduction in the deficit. But the country cannot afford to be complacent about farming either. [read more]
Man Kicked Out Of Bar For Having A Mullet
An Australia man was recently booted from Print Hall, one of Perth’s newest rooftop bars, when the owners decided they didn’t care for his mullet haircut being inside their trendy establishment. [read more]
The World’s Most Expensive Coffee Is Made With Elephant Dung
Would you pay $1,100 for a kilogram of specialty coffee beans? What if they were pooped out by an elephant? [read more]
Monday, the 15th October
Salvatore Calabrese Breaks The Guiness World Record For The World’s Most Expensive Cocktail
World renowned mixologist Salvatore Calabrese, breaks the Guiness World Record for the world’s most expensive cocktail with ‘Salvatore’s Legacy’. Held on 11/10/12 at Salvatore’s Bar inside The Playboy Club London, watch ‘The Maestro’ in action as he expertly mixes some of the world’s oldest and most expensive spirits to create a cocktail priced at £5,500 a glass! [read more]
Study: Vegetarians Live Longer!
Some vegetarians can be awfully superior about the health benefits of their plant-based diet. What they might not know is they have the Adventist Health Study to thank. [read more]
Toddler Served Whiskey At Welsh Restaurant
A restaurant in Wales has apologized for serving whiskey instead of fruit juice to a 2-year-old child who allegedly became intoxicated after drinking the alcoholic beverage. [read more]
Trend: Flavored Vodka On The Rise!
People really do love flavored vodka. According to food research and consulting firm Technomic’s recently released Special Trends in Adult Beverages (TAB) Report, nearly a quarter of all vodka consumer in 2011 was flavored. [read more]
