The more expensive the food, the smaller its portion may be on your plate. This would be a familiar experience for those who enjoy fine dining. Sometimes these meals barely even fill you, but they come in small portions because of how expensive the ingredients may be. Furthermore, fine dining …
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Stressed, anxious, overcommitted—the unholy trinity the undermines mental health and wellbeing for so many people today. I’d argue that chronic stress is the number one threat to health and happiness. Yes, even more detrimental than modern diets, being too sedentary, overexercising when we do exercise, and all the other ways we …
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Photo by VH-studio / Shutterstock.com Most people know about food banks and food stamps. In 2020 alone, the nonprofit Feeding America distributed 7.5 billion pounds of food through its food-bank network, and 19 million households benefited from the federal food stamp program (now officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance …
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It’s not an understatement to say that Singaporeans are ardent lovers of food. The city-state has often been fondly described as a ‘Nation of Foodies’, and even its hawker culture has managed to make it into the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and …
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Potentially controversial statement alert: burgers are the most perfect food. Hear me out. Burgers are delicious. They are portable. As meat goes, ground beef is relatively affordable. It takes less than 10 minutes to cook a burger on the stovetop or grill. Kids and adults like them equally. Most of …
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Transport company ComfortDelGro made its first foray into the lifestyle scene with the launch of a new app offering last week (March 9). Called Zig, it allows users to book a taxi, plan their journey, make dining or hotel reservations, place click-to-collect orders at food and beverage outlets, find deals, …
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It is clear to see that the aviation industry has been badly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. In fact, there was less than half the passenger traffic in the whole of 2020 as compared to 2019. Airlines around the world therefore have had no choice but to pivot in order …
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Last month, AirAsia’s CEO Tony Fernandes announced on LinkedIn that the airline’s food delivery arm, AirAsia food, would be coming to Singapore “with a roar”. First started in Malaysia in May 2020, AirAsia finally joins Singapore’s food delivery market today (March 2). Its expansion to Singapore — its first overseas foray …
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When it comes to celebrating diversity and unity, it’s likely we’d be hearing “I don’t see colour” comments among Malaysians. For Faye, Rachel, and Jon, however, celebrating the multiculturality of Malaysians with colour-blindness did not sit right with them. “To us, the beauty of being a multicultural Malaysia shouldn’t be …
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