Gallery: Crazy creepy food art
One of my Food Network guilty pleasures is Dinner: Impossible. I like the challenges, I really enjoy the creativity required to pull it off and I love Robert Irvine. The accent combined with those intense food skills really set my heart afluttering. Knowing all this, you'll understand just how tickled I was when I discovered earlier today that Food for Thought, the behind-the-scenes blog over at Food Network Canada currently has a post up about Chef Irvine, along with a brief interview. Fun fact I learned from the post? Chef Irvine is excited about stone-ground mustard and rice wine vinegar these days. A man who can get excited about mustard is definitely a man after my own heart. 
Here's an interesting item for the next time all you hepcats and kittens host a dinner party: retro plastic dinnerware emblazoned with carcass maps. For the noncarnivores out there, a carcass map is one of those endlessy fascinating diagrams that hangs in butcher shops.
Even though earlier reports said that junk food boosted productivity in the
office, it now appears that a healthy diet is they key to a busy,
productive employee. The availability of sugary snacks did cause employees to work longer hours, but the same
foods also made employees sluggish. Longer hours might have been necessary to compensate for a loss of productivity due
to inattention or lack of energy. In addition, a diet high in fat and sugar can potentially increase the risk of
obesity and diabetes, leading to an increased risk for other diseases and missed work time. Overweight workers are
twice as likely to miss work as their fitter colleagues. Companies that have implemented a program of offering healthy
snacks and subsidizing gym memberships have healthier employees. The employees, along with good health, also receive a
big boost to morale. After 6 months of access to healthy snacks and activities, workers experienced a drop in
cholesterol as well as a drop in the proteins that are indicators of possible heart disease. Happier and healthier
employees work more efficiently and accomplish more and it starts with offering apples and oranges instead of donuts in
the morning. That's definitely food for thought for employers.
The turkey turned out perfectly, but the gravy's a different story. Avoid botching the one recipe that guests pour over their entire Thanksgiving plates with these quick fixes.
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