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This year’s Pancake Day is on Tuesday, February 16th- today!

Pancake Day, or Pancake Tuesday to some people, is also known as Shrove Tuesday. This is because it is the one day of the year when almost everyone eats a pancake.

Pancake Day is the last day before the period on the Christian calendar called Lent. It is traditional on this day to eat pancakes. Pancake Tuesday is a day of celebration as well as penitence, because it’s the last day before Lent.

Throughout the world, people indulge themselves on foods that traditionally aren’t allowed during Lent. Pancakes are eaten on this day because they contain fat, butter and eggs which were forbidden during Lent.

• Shrove Tuesday 2010 (Pancake Day)
• International Pancake Day
• Pancake Tuesday Recipe – winosandfoodies
• Pancake recipes for Shrove Tuesday – Telegraph UK

My husband, Jon, can be awake for hours before he wants to eat breakfast. (Coffee—now that’s another story.) I, on the other hand, want food first thing in the morning—and so does our 1 1/2-year-old son, Julian, who literally wakes up saying, “Juice! ’Nana! [banana].” We’ve all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day (click here for healthy breakfast ideas) and, as a nutritionist, I believe that’s true. You’ve heard about the studies that show that kids who eat breakfast are able to focus better in school, right? Well, here’s another exciting boon of breakfast: research that shows people who are most successful at losing weight—and keeping it off—tend to eat breakfast every single day.

Read more at What can I eat for breakfast to lose weight?

Twenty Years Later: What McDonald’s In Russia Says About The Brand’s Future-

The lettuce magnate of Russia is named Mr. Semenov. He began as a modest lettuce grower outside of Moscow in 1990. Today he sells 150 different types of lettuce, is a wealthy man, and has subsequently transitioned into politics, serving in the Russian Parliament with the powerful United Russia party. Who does he have to thank for his success?

Ronald McDonald. And the McDonald’s brand.

This is the story of a brand that will to do McWhatever-It-Takes. When McDonald’s first moved into Russia, it had to start from scratch. There was no infrastructure. Nothing. For a company that typically purchases ingredients – lettuce, pickles, etc. – from local, privately-owned farms, McDonald’s found itself in a foreign country run by a complex government that didn’t encourage private businesses. So McDonald’s built its own facility: the McComplex, right outside of Moscow. Since then, McDonald’s has inspired enough private ventures to provide almost every ingredient the company needs to accommodate its menu.

For the complete article, read Twenty Years Later: What McDonald’s In Russia Says About The Brand’s Future