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A restaurant menu designed to help you make healthy choices

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From the school of design comes an idea to help people make healthy choices at “picking an item of the menu” time!

Do you really believe that the design of a menu can help you make wiser choices or do you think it is just a gimmick?

Healthier choices are normally more expensive than the normal ones so maybe it is just a ploy by the restaurant industry for us to guilt us and pay more at the same time.

The actual design that is developed by Brian Wansink, a Cornell University professor of food marketing, was published in the International Journal of Hospitality Management and is included here:

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What are your thoughts?

Image source: The Atlantic.

 

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Free Poinsettia Embroidery Design Review

If you’re putting together Christmas sewing projects, this free Poinsettia embroidery design from Ann The Gran is a really handy one to save. It’s a machine embroidery design from Contributor, sized at 3.64″ x 3.67″, with 14,949 stitches, and it fits a 4″ x 4″ hoop. It’s also offered in a wide range of formats including ART, DST, EXP, HUS, JEF, PCS, PEC, PES, SEW, VIP, and XXX.

What I like about this one is that it feels classic and easy to use. A poinsettia always works at Christmas, and because this design is fairly compact, it would be lovely on napkins, tea towels, gift bags, table runners, or even the corner of a festive cushion. It has enough detail to look pretty, but it’s still small enough to be practical. That last bit is my take based on the listed size and the preview image on the page.

It’s one of those good stash-building freebies. Not huge, not fussy, and very easy to picture on all sorts of holiday projects. If you like collecting free Christmas embroidery designs, this one is definitely worth downloading. Ann The Gran also tags it with keywords like Xmas, Flower, and Floral embroidery designs, which fits the style nicely.