Archive for October 29th, 2006

29 Oct

Fisher’s new Martini Mix adds olives to snack food

Fisher nuts has rolled out a line of seven new snack mixes featuring nuts mixed with everything from wasabi peas to banana chips. We tried the Martini Mix, which throws dried, sliced green olives in with a mixture of cashews, walnuts, almonds and peanuts. The mix would make a fun snack option for cocktail parties. […]

29 Oct

Get skinny on good fat in olives

Cook Well, Eat Well By Dana Carpender, It’s no secret that I’m unimpressed by low-fat diets. I don’t think they do a dang thing to improve health. Worse, they limit or rule out nutritious foods that happen to be high in fat. Among them is one of mankind’s oldest and greatest boons: the olive, both […]