Share Mark your calendars and gear up for a celebration because July is National Pickle Month! Ever thought where would we be be without pickles? The Times of Israel did an interesting piece on the the history and influence of pickles. “Walk into a kosher deli and a big bowl of pickles is typically waiting [...]

Share New York City’s Board of Health has decided Bloomberg’s soda ban does not go far enough in controlling what and how much you eat. After approving Bloomberg’s large soda ban, numerous board members took the opportunity to suggest the inclusion of other items. CBS News reports, “Certain members spoke up saying that the proposal [...]

Share New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his Food Police cronies have sank to an all-time low. Expanding his taxpayer-funded war on salt, the administration is now forbidding you from donating food to government-run homeless shelters because he has to monitor the salt, fat, and calorie content of the food being served. You see just [...]

Share Companies that cave to political pressure might find themselves reversing course when they start listening to consumers: As you may have heard, McDonald’s announced Tuesday that it’s revamping its Happy Meals to include apples or other fruit as standard instead of an option, make milk the beverage unless a customer asks for soda and [...]

Share Despite growing opposition from parents and consumer choice advocates, who believe the toy ban is an overreach of government and an affront to parents’ rights, it is picking up steam. In New York, state officials–including the State’s Health Czar– are now on the record, supporting the measure and considering its implementation statewide: New York [...]

Share Mayor Bloomberg has become infamous for his taxpayer funded crusades against food freedom: banning ingredients, restricting products available for purchase, taxing food and beverages, and running public ad and public relations campaigns demonizing normal ingredients and products. But, who’s micro-managing the Mayor’s consumption? In accordance with Hizzoner’s hypocrisy, it appears he has no problem [...]