Chalupa, gordita and locos tacos fans soon will have a new spot to “Live Mas” along a popular Allentown fast-food corridor. Signs went up in recent weeks for the construction of a new Taco Bell restaurant behind Wells Fargo Bank along South Fourth Street on the city’s South Side. A chain spokesperson confirmed to lehighvalleylive.com Friday the eatery would be opening later this year. The spokesperson said the site would have a drive-through but couldn’t provide any other details about […]
Month: July 2022
A workshop has supported countries in the Western Balkans to better respond to food safety emergencies. Among challenges highlighted were enhancing cooperation between different food safety agencies, ensuring cross-border information sharing, and enabling joint investigation and response to food safety emergencies. Such events include foodborne outbreaks, food fraud and adulteration, chemical contamination and other non-compliance with regulations. The face-to-face workshop in November 2021 in Durrës, Albania included 25 participants from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Kosovo. […]
Losing a little weight doesn’t have to mean completely transforming how and what you eat. By simply making some healthy food swaps, you can make surprisingly drastic changes. While there are plenty of great ways to improve your diet and lose weight, such as trying one of the best protein powder for weight loss, making little adjustments to what you eat during the day can make a big impact, too. We spoke with a few dietary experts to bring you […]
You might be surprised to learn that gut health is the latest buzzy topic on TikTok. Under hashtags like #guttok, #guthealth and #guthealing, influencers and every day users alike are posting thousands of videos, sharing stories about their gut health struggles and remedies. And they’ve raked in a little over a billion views. Like with anything that skyrockets on TikTok, gut health’s popularity on the app can be attributed in part to the ease with which content creators can churn […]
6 / 8 Kristina Vänni for Taste of Home 3. KFC KFC is a fast-food restaurant known for its fried chicken, so we were excited to sample their Classic Chicken Sandwich. For $4.99, a pleasantly juicy and well-seasoned chicken patty was served on a toasted bun with mayonnaise and pickles. Aside from the classic option, KFC also offers a spicy version. The chicken was hearty and crisp, and the sandwich was well-balanced. It was definitely an enjoyable sandwich that we […]
There’s lots I crave about Jamaican food, beyond jerk and curried meat. At cook shops, tucked away in shopping plazas, on highway roadsides and up in the hills, the Rastafari and Seventh-Day Adventists alike serve a rotating daily feast of plant-based dishes that celebrate the island’s fresh produce, from leafy greens to starchy roots and bright fruits, combined with local herbs and spices. Sweet potato, chickpea and coconut curry (pictured top) Unlike Guyana and Trinidad, Jamaica doesn’t have a big […]
Whatever the cause(s) of inflation in food prices—economic crisis, supply chain chaos, the disruptions of war, corporate profiteering—the effects can be quite grim. Especially amongst the poor. And especially amongst the poorest of the poor. “High and increasing food prices generate an immediate threat to the security of a family’s food supply, thereby undermining population health,” write scholars Hyun-Hoon Lee, Suejin A. Lee, Jae-Young Lim, and Cyn-Young Park. They analyzed a panel dataset that covered ninety-five developing countries between 2001, when […]
The first and only time I went to a dietitian, they gave me a pamphlet with healthy recipes, as you might expect. Still, I wasn’t prepared for what I saw. Dull-colored cantaloupe stuffed with cottage cheese, soggy iceberg lettuce salads, and bland rice substitutes greeted me as I peeled back the bundle of paper. “Is this really it?” I asked. Needless to say, I was disappointed. As a food writer and recipe developer—and person who enjoys eating—I crave flavor, color, […]
The rice diet is a high-carbohydrate, low-fat, low-protein diet to lose weight. The diet features calorie deficit, reduced sodium, and mindfulness and may help some people lose weight and achieve better health. A research scientist at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina created the rice diet in the 1940s. Read on to learn more about the rice diet, how to follow it, the potential benefits and risks, and what to eat. In Kempner’s original cohort, the rice diet did not […]
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