The scandal of the horse meat in the beef mince is still rising. See the BBC News’ latest report. So while they try to track down the origins of how the horse meat got into the food chain, it’s a reminder about the importance of knowing the provenance of our food!
So support your local butcher and start cooking again…
I guess it’s really a Trojan Cow!
What is Christmas dinner without a decadent dessert? You’ve had your roast potatoes and you’ve earned your brownie points by filling up on vegetables (of course…), so now it’s time to indulge your sweet tooth whilst trying to ignore the washing up and bickering over which board game is up next. Seeing as it’s the…
I guess we’re all inherently trusting and that’s why marketing works! There’s an article in Which magazine this month (March 2012 – Food & Health/Food labelling) exposing how we’re being duped by food marketing campaigns on numerous fronts. Supermarkets such as Marks & Spencer’s have Lochmuir salmon – but no such place actually exists –…
It’s the week of the Great Yorkshire Show, so we went along on Tuesday. It’s THE annual agricultural show in the country and it covers a huge area covering animal barns for horses, cows, pigs, sheep, goats, alpacas, rabbits & other livestock; displays of agricultural equipment & business/grant information, stalls selling country wear, art &…
I was reading about the recipients of The Queen’s Anniversary Prizes 2012 in the Times last Friday and one of them is the Institute for the Environment at Brunel University for their work showing the widespread occurrence of feminised male fish in the UK waters. They believe that it’s not only the effect of the…
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” ― Hippocrates. I have been blogging about healthy eating and the impact of food choices on our wellbeing for 10 years now. For most of that time, I seem to have been at odds with mainstream thoughts on statins, low-fat diets & sugar. I’ve also…
“Start as you mean to go on” ~ Proverb. It is that time of year where Christmas and New Year have been and gone and you are usually left with the aftermath of over indulging. Those moments where you have had too many second helpings, too much alcohol and or consumed too much processed food!…