Category: Active Life

Welcome To The Little Things

| April 13, 2012
Welcome To The Little Things

Hello everyone Kasia here. Welcome to The Little Things. I want to offer you information on health and fitness that makes a difference in your life. I chose the title “The Little Things” because of the well known saying which says they are what is important in our lives. There are so many little things [...]

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Fast Food Advertising

| January 12, 2011
Fast Food Advertising

As we push hard through January with our recently made New Years’ Resolutions temptation it seems is now pushing back harder.

Time magazine comments on a US Today story that fast food companies are trying to offer tantalizing deals in different forms:

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New Years’ Resolutions

| January 1, 2011
New Years’ Resolutions

January 01 and it is that time when so many of us pledge to change our ways. Most of the time these resolutions have to do with food and fitness. Rather than give you a list of resolutions on what to eat or what to do I would like to leave you with a four [...]

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Fish and chips at Comptoir 21

| October 19, 2010
Fish and chips at Comptoir 21

The image pulled us in. Fish and chips at Comptoir 21 down at Mile End in Montreal. Catch the review in the Montreal Gazette. Sometimes nothing hits the spot like a good fry up

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Economics of the Hamburger

| October 14, 2010
Economics of the Hamburger

If you have ever wondered just how popular hamburgers are then this poster is perfect for you courtesy of the money management site Mint. The scale of it all is something that is hard to imagine, so many hamburgers, buns, so much relish and condiment, such enormous sums of money generated. Each of us make [...]

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Freakonomics of Bad Service

| October 12, 2010
Freakonomics of Bad Service

So, you walk into a KFC and order some chicken. To your surprise the server curtly informs you that they’ve run out. They’ve run out! How could they run out of chicken? Chicken is what they do, isn’t it? No it’s not a joke. Specialized franchises will on occasion simply run out of whatever thing [...]

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Chinese Turkey

| October 9, 2010
Chinese Turkey

Trained Chef Jonathan Cheung is among the people featured in a story in the Montreal Gazette on the variations of the traditional Thanksgiving meal. The Chinese turkey that Cheung prepares is a subtle twist on the norm.

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