It’s not exactly the kind of meal most vegetarians dream about, but it’s a valuable step in culinary equality for the meatless nonetheless: Taco Bell has just announced a certified vegetarian menu.
Tag: fast food
Where’s The Chipotle Pork?
If you have been to a Chipotle lately, you may have noticed something missing: Chipotle Pork Carnitas.
Dunkin’ Donuts, Baskin-Robbins Pledge To Improve Fast Food Nutrition
Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins issued a 2015 Corporate Social Responsibility Report which pledged to improve their company’s fast food nutrition. Will it matter?
You Can Get KALE at McDonald’s Now
McDonald’s is reportedly now serving kale in select Southern California locations, despite taking aim at the trendy leafy green vegetable in a recent ad campaign.
Healthy Fast Food Restaurant LYFE Kitchen is Doing it Right
There’s a new healthy fast food chain in town — LYFE Kitchen — and it may revolutionize fast food.
The 2,000 Calorie Diet: Why Restaurant Food Looks so Different than Home-Cooked
Food is good. Even when it’s really, really bad for us. Usually, especially then. And if you’re trying to stick to the recommended 2,000 calorie diet, particularly at this time of year, you’ll want to think twice before you eat some of these restaurant meals that contain a startling number of calories.
Do You Want Lies with That? McDonald’s Will Say Anything to Get Your Business
McDonald’s recently reassured investors during a conference call that it’s going to address its declining sales by boosting efforts to attract parents, teachers and school children despite national efforts to keep fast food away from children.
Instant Noodles Possibly Linked to Heart Disease, Stroke
Instant noodles are a convenient way to sneak in a quick meal, but they could be harming our health. Read about the study and try these healthier alternatives.
Salty Foods Are Causing Big Problems for Our Kids
90% of US children eat more sodium than recommended. 1 in 6 have raised blood pressure. Want healthy kids? Then stop feeding them so many salty foods.
Fast food that’s sustainable? Maybe so, maybe no.
A fast food chain in the Pacific Northwest is skipping the made-in-China plastic toys in favor of seed packets. Does that make them healthy and sustainable?
Top News from the Food Front: Salmonella Spice Rack, Soda Ban, OMG BSE
This week’s food news will make you cringe and rejoice. New obesity research offers both hope and Western chagrin. Animal ag’s dark footprint puts salmonella on the spice rack, as well as on sandwiches. According to the CDC, we’ve got a bit of a mad cow problem around here — though obviously it’s actually a human problem; more specifically, it’s a wildly dysfunctional food-system problem that we could fix if we chose to do so. Don’t miss the yum or ignore the yuck: read on, for the week’s top news in food!
Oh, Look! It’s a Fast Food Chain’s 13-Hour Desperate Attempt to Stay Relevant
Hopefully you don’t eat as much fast food as you used to. Maybe you’ve given it up entirely. If anything, you’ve probably given up the really heinous stuff, you know, like Arby’s. Which is probably why the Georgia-based fast food chain is live-streaming a 13-hour commercial today showing nothing more than a brisket being smoked in its entirety. Brisket, in case you’re not in the know, is a big, dead chunk of a cow.
Top News from the Food Front: Organic Market Booms, USDA Drops Balls
What’s new in food? Glad you asked! This week the USDA shows off its rubber stamp for ‘humane’ meat and poultry labels, while it shops for guns (no, really!) instead of regulating anything as silly as food labels. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of pounds of meat are recalled due to lack of USDA inspection. In less infuriating news, consumers seek out organics in ever-increasing numbers, and nifty new research weighs in on both high blood pressure and Egyptian vegetarians.