A study in pumpkin pie

We start off in this examination of pumpkin pie with a hard truth.  Most U.S.  pumpkin pie is a lie."An interesting fact is that most canned 'pumpkin' is actually hubbard squash. Hubbard squash has the...

Desperately Seeking Sugar Daddies

"With Wall Street crashing, it's hard to be a gold digger these days.  So what are the lovely ladies accustomed to bottle service at Bijoux, $500 dinners at Bouley and $8,000 shopping sprees at Bergdorf to do...

Monsanto's GMO Beets Are Coming To Your Table Soon

Genetically modified sugar beets have been planted in Oregon's Willamette Valley.  These beets have had genetic material from a different plant inserted into them that allows them to survive the application of...

Prez Hu Jintao signs China-Cuba trade deals

As the second official visit of Chinese President, Hu Jintao, to Cuba concludes, several deals have been reached. China would buy Cuban sugar nickel and other raw material. Beijing would also help Havana...

Senate stunned by sugar mills scam

"ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: The Senate on Thursday was stunned by revelations made by two PML-Q lawmakers about what they termed the biggest sugar mills scam hitting Sindh. Interestingly, no one from the treasury side came out to defend or reject the allegations made by opposition...

World Sugar Meeting

On the November 8, 2008, there will be the World Sugar Meeting in Seattle, Washington at the Best Western Executive Suite, 200 Taylor Ave. N. From 2-5 pm.  It's being organized by a group from Italy.  This is a group of sugar packet collectors from locally...

Day of The Dead Sugar Skull Cupcakes for Halloween

These are all my Halloween cupcakes - inspired by Dia De Los Muertos' Sugar Skulls. They are entirely homemade by me, using my own recipe. Pumpkin spice cake with rum raisins, butterscotch chips, and...

20 Tasty Blogs Guaranteed to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth

Here’s a list of 20 sugary blogs guaranteed to satisfy your sweet tooth that celebrate the world of cakes, candy, chocolate, ice cream, cup cakes, and other good (if somewhat guilt inducing) eats. As Don Kardong once said, “Without ice cream, there would be darkness and...

Chandigarh Administration Enhances Sugar Ration Supply For BPL Familes

"Chandigarh (Mera Chandigarh):- The Chandigarh Administration has decided to enhance the scale of issue of levy sugar from 1kg to 2kg per unit per month for the Below Poverty Line ration card holders for the month of October and November 2008 only due to ensuing festival season."

Consumer Reports: 2 of top US Cereals over 50% sugar

Growing up, my parents flat out refused to buy "sugary" cereal.  Their motto was if we let you eat badly now, you'll never learn to eat properly later.  Kudos to them for never having put up with me and my...

People must be careful of "sugar diabetes"

As most people are not aware of the disease of sugar diabetes,i want to share this with them:As we thought that sugar diabetes is caused by high blood sugar level in the body,we were wrong.  i have also learned that you can even get the disease  if...

Fight Cavities With Gummy Bears

Gummy bears may be the solution for tooth decay problems amongst children. According to a U.S. study, xylitol, the sugar substitute may help prevent tooth decay. Xylitol is actually a naturally-occurring sugar...

Warning over maternity leave threat to women's careers

A commission has claimed that the right for a woman in the UK to take a year for maternity leave may be making employers hesitant to hire or promote women, for fear of losing them for a eyar down the line."THE right to a year's maternity leave could be ruining women's...

Apprentice winner sick on first day

The winner of of this season's British version of The Apprentice had to call in sick for his first day of work with Apprentice host Sir. Alan Sugar."The winner of TV contest The Apprentice called in sick on his first day working for new boss Sir Alan Sugar, a spokesman for...

High fat level found in takeaways

There is bad news for Indian and Chinese food lovers in Britain. A new study has revealed that while Indian food is generally high in fat and Chinese food is high in Sugar. "Campaigners have called for better...

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