The Return of Bits and Bytes

After a long hiatus, Bits and Bytes has returned! In this feature, we will share links to some of our favourite food stories from around the web. Here are January’s links!

• As cold and flu season gets into full swing, check out these DIY remedies. The “Flu Fighter Cookies” look tasty even if you’re not under the weather.

• Craving a home-baked cookie, but don’t feel like making a whole batch? The perfect solution: recipes for single-serving chocolate chip cookies (and cupcakes too!)

• On a related, and less dessert-y note, a recipe for mashed potatoes for two.

• The UBC Culinary Lab in the FNH Building has be re-made, and re-named! Now called Vij’s Kitchen, it will be used mainly by nutrition and dietetics students, but is also available for club use.

• The last few years have seen the rise of quinoa as a universally-adored superfood, but it’s not as rosy a picture as it may seem. This article discusses some of the severe downsides to its rapid rise to popularity.

• The Vancouver Sun presents a prediction of 2013 Food Trends in Vancouver!

• And from TIME, the 5 Worst Food Trends.

• The holidays are over, but if you’ve already begun missing your gingerbread lattes, check out this cheat-sheet to making your Starbucks-style holiday drinks.

• Ever heard of white strawberries? That, and more featured in 10 cool foods we wish would come to Canada.

• Okay, this one’s not entirely food-related, since I don’t think anybody’s going to eat it, but…a 3-POUND GOLDFISH.

• What are the best iPhone apps for foodies?