How Soup Can Help You Lose Weight

In the battle to lose weight, hunger is the dieter's worst enemy. But research has revealed a simple aid to taming the appetite: soup. Imagine a typical lunchtime meal - say, chicken and vegetables with a glass of water. If you eat the food and drink the water, you will feel full for a couple of hours before hunger kicks in. But if you blend the food with the water - to make soup - you will stay hunger-free for much longer, and less likely to snack through the afternoon. How can blending the food into soup make such a difference? The answer lies in the stomach. When you eat the same meal as a soup, the whole mixture remains in the stomach, because the water and food are blended together. The scientists' scans confirm that the stomach stays fuller for longer, staving off those hunger pangs. Source

New York's First Mobile Cupcake Shoppe

New York is about to get a new street vendor with a sweet twist. "This is a perfect addition to New York City's mobile vendors," said Lev Ekster, Cupcake Stop's founder. Ekster said the long lines outside the West Village's Magnolia Bakery drove home the fact that cupcakes are in high demand in New York. "This is a mobile city where everyone's always on the go," Ekster said. "I thought, 'Let's come to them.' " Along with a variety of cupcakes on different days -- such as strawberry shortcake, peanut butter and jelly and one described as psychedelic tie dye -- the truck will deliver gourmet coffee and other drinks. After obtaining vendor permits and taste-testing nearly 1,000 cupcakes, Ekster bought a truck, hired a chef and set up shop. Source

The Woman Who Gave Up Doctorate To Become A Food Blogger

Seattle's finest Molly Wizenberg gave up a doctorate to become a humble home-cooking scribe. "When I started Orangette I had just decided to quit a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology and didn't know what to do with myself. The only thing I knew was that, whatever I did, it had to involve food and writing. " Source

What's Wrong With Orange Juice?

That glass of sunshine sitting on the breakfast table isn't as pure and simple as you think it is, according to an exposé of the orange juice industry. In her new book Squeezed: What You Don't Know About Orange Juice, author Alissa Hamilton examines the "rift that exists between the reality of processed orange juice and retail rhetoric." Although orange juice "has come to symbolise purity in a glass," she writes, it may be heat processed, watered down, sugared up, doctored by flavour engineers and stored for a year. Hamilton, 36, lives in Toronto. She has a doctorate in environmental studies from Yale University and a law degree from the University of Toronto. She is a fellow with the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, based in Minneapolis. The fellows are a diverse group working to change U.S. food policies and advance the idea of healthy, green and affordable food for all. She says making the food system more transparent is her particular area of interest. Source

The Great Canadian Heinz Ketchup Cake

To commemorate its Canadian centennial and thank Canadians for 100 years of support, Heinz has created The Great Canadian Heinz Ketchup Cake -- an ideal dessert for any celebration. It's red, perfectly spiced and delicious. Think carrot cake without all the work. Source

A WHOLE chicken in a CAN

A WHOLE chicken in a CAN

Buy 1 and Get 1 Free Voucher - BAB Noodle @Millenia Walk

Buy 1 and Get 1 Free
Just print the voucher & present it, you will enjoy great tasting Asian food at BAB Noodle @ Millenia Walk

Featuring an extensive menu of Korean, Japanese and Thai; rice and noodle specialties. If this is the first time you patronize BAB Noodle, you cannot miss their Ginseng Chicken Soup, Kimchi Chicken Chicken Ramen, as well as their BiBimBAB Bulgogi Beef. The familiar joys of Asian food culture paired with amicable ambience, BAB is the ideal locale for valuable meal and a casual dine in experience as the day draws to an end.

BAB is located at:
9 Raffles Boulevard
Millenia Walk
#01-20/21/22
Singapore 039596
Tel: 63366770
Fax: 63366771

Operating hours:
11am to 1030pm daily

New Dishes at Persimmon

By popular demand, Persimmon is expanding the Main Courses to include dishes such as:

* chargrilled sotong with tomato-lemongrass sauce (smoky chargrill flavour contrasts deliciously with zingy spicy sauce)

* crispy pork belly with mustard sauce (what can we say, we love pork...)

* beef goulash with buttered linguine (in Persimmon style, we've spiced up our stew with chilli, galangal, cinnamon and star anise)

Of course, their signature dishes such as Chicken Rice Salad, Linguine Laska-Leaf Pesto, Spaghetti Aglio Olio Porchetta, and Fisherman's Pie remain.

Introductory Offer: From now through Sunday May 3rd, 1 dines for FREE with every 3 paying adults. This offer is by reservation only. Please mention this promotion when you make the booking.