Squashing Fat Food NationThe Breakfast Companies’ Attempt At Healthy MenusWhat: American food business chains are in the midst of a competition for the best “healthy breakfast” menu. What’s the truth about the food?

The Dirt: One might argue the food businesses in America have worked out a clever roller coaster of a marketing plan, building us up with fatty, delicious foods only to allow themselves to present “healthy” menus that help us lose the weight. Or, one might just chock the fatness of America up to the excess [...]

Passion Fruit SpiritsA Tropical Fruit Takes Us For A Ride What: The final is our series on tropical fruit-inspired liquors, passion fruit has slowly been gaining popularity in the U.S. market. Check out a few alcoholic passion fruit products.

The Dirt: A vacation to the tropics results in the regaining of one’s sanity and introduction to tropical food and drink trends. Ecuador was our introduction to the passion fruit, often called parcha or maracuya in Spanish. Passion fruit alone is an unusual and addictive flavor because of its slightly tart flavor, which is distinct [...]

Guava SpiritsNew To The Market, Guava Is Strong & Sweet What: New to America, guava has an unusual flavor that makes for a good combination with the sweet and the savory.

The Dirt: Guayaba in Spanish, guava is the latest fruit infusion popping up in liquors because it has a strong distinguishable taste that holds its own. Originally, guava was often found in stores carrying foods from tropical locales such as Latin America, India and the Philippines. The most popular and versatile item is guava paste, [...]

Soothing Suncare

Made and manufactured in the U.S., Coola—a hypoallergenic, PABA-free and sweat resistant sunscreen collection— was created by outdoor buffs and developed by chemists, with respect for the environment in mind. Coola offers body and face sunscreen options, in chemical-only and a chemical-physical mix. We like the SPF45 Mango sport, with chemical blockers including plenty of [...]

Trader Joe’s, Mango and more

The Whole Foods in Glastonbury, Conn. is reportedly the first supermarket to create most of its power onsite with a clean fuel cell system. The system combined a cooling, heating and power system that claims to cut its carbon footprint by generating 50% of the electricity and heat and almost all of the hot water [...]

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