Hey, What’s that Turnipy Smell?

In Japan they’re marketing a special deodorant for eliminating fishy smells. It’s based on an extract of turnips that is said to bind with the smelly substance produced by rotting fish.

A Safe Goblin Is a Hungry Goblin

Pizza-loving families can get a discount coupon during October if they sign the Halloween Safety Contract attached to Domino’s pizza boxes. This asks children to promise that when they’re trick-or-treating they’ll wear a reflective device, follow street safety guidelines and wait for their parents to check their treats out before eating them. At participating Domino’s pizzerias.

Hearts and Flours

Last August we reported that Quaker Oats and Rhone-Poulenc Food Ingredients had developed Oatrim, a fat substitute used in baking and prepared foods, “made from oat flowers.” That turns out to be oat flour , and come to think of it, it might explain why they were talking about Oatrim reducing cholesterol. Sorry.

It’s a Delicate, Fruity Beer That Pairs Well With the Lighter Fudges

Hops, hops, always with the hops. In the Middle Ages, though, people flavored beer with all sorts of things--juniper berries, oregano (in Italy), even pine needles. Some Belgians still doctor their native beer ( lambic ) with coriander, orange peel, cherries and so on. They claim a raspberry-flavored framboise lambic is the best beer to drink with chocolate.