Food Network Magazine - (12)December 2020

DECEMBER 2020 ●FOOD NETWORK MAGAZINE 23

SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF BATH

indicating that our

bodies can adjust

to overindulgence

from time to time.

Boba is booming.

The Taiwanese milk and tea

drink made with tapioca pearls

has been a hit on Grubhub: Boba

orders spiked 168 percent in

the first half of the year. And big

brands are joining the craze, too.

Dunkin’ tested coffee and tea

with the pearls this summer, and

Del Taco added them to soda.

Plus, the drink is a now an emoji.

BY AUDREY MORGAN

An iconic Christmas movie

is getting cereal-ized.

Son of a nutcracker—Buddy the Elf has his own

cereal! Fans of the 2003 holiday movie know

that syrup is one of Buddy’s four main food

groups, so General Mills made sure to add plenty

of syrup flavor to the limited-edition puffs.

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Apparently, it's

OK to eat until you

feel like bursting-

once in a while. In a

new study, healthy

participants ate

twice as much

pizza as they

needed to feel full

and their blood

sugar and fat

levels increased

only slightly,