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would the real Mr T please sit down?
Posted in Summer, food politics, tagged Mr T, Snickers on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
News reaches me my husband is at the eye of a storm of controversy in the States, but I don’t know how that can be, we work hard to keep his secret identity SECRET so we can carry on our gastro adventures privately; don’t want to draw a crowd, not keen on being mobbed by paparazzi either. [...]
not-so-supermarket price wars
Posted in food politics, shopping, tagged Asda, supermarkets, Tesco on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So Asda and Tesco have been investing wads of cash in advertising campaigns for their all-new all-phoney price war: loss leader largesse = long checkout queues. Much as I loathe the pair - for crimes against aesthetics as much as for their ethics - I must offer my congratulations: should keep some of the johnnies-come-lately credit-crunching yet 4-wheel driving [...]
equal opps for crooked cucumbers
Posted in food politics, shopping, tagged EU on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well hooray!! News just in that the EU (about which I am generally positive so don’t start getting the wrong idea) in its wisdom is proposing to relax its rules governing the marketing of fruit and vegetables, so the less than ideally dimensioned may once more get a look in on the supermarket shelf. In fact, the restrictive [...]
saving our bacon
Posted in food politics, ingredients, shopping, slow food, tagged bacon, British bacon, Danish bacon, dry-cure bacon, food campaign, food chain, food news, MRSA, save our bacon, slow food, SOB, Waitrose, wet cure bacon on June 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Another confirmation of the wisdom of a locavore lifestyle arrives with the news in The Independent that MRSA may have entered the food chain in Europe. If that doesn’t get us buying British bacon I don’t know what will, as if I wasn’t sufficiently peeved with my fellow consumers over porky products. This might be [...]
the gift of olive oil (you already paid for)
Posted in food politics, ingredients, recipes, shopping, tagged anchovies, food budget, food costs, food economy, food waste, inflation, ingredients, jars, leftovers, olive oil, olives, peace oil, preserves, recipes, rising food costs on May 22, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Do you ever buy delicious edibles in jars or tubs? If so, you’ve no doubt acquired more than a few items preserved in olive oil. Now this idea is so obvious perhaps I’m just a slow learner, but until recently, once the olives, or sun-dried tomatoes, artichokes or anchovies were gone I used to throw away the oil left behind. [...]
who needs recipes?
Posted in books, food politics, recipes, tagged cookery books, Glynn Christian, how to cook without recipes, recipes on May 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Excellent article in today’s Guardian. It argues that culinary technique and confidence are more important than following recipes and it’s by Glynn Christian, for heaven’s sake – who knew he was still around? Turns out he’s been Down Under for the last decade and has a new book to promote. OK, so it’s not the prettiest cover, but [...]
Gordon Ramsay mouths off – again
Posted in food politics, restaurants, tagged celebrity chefs, Gordon Ramsay, seasonal produce, seasonality, The F Word on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes it’s hard to tell which end is speaking There should be stringent laws, licensing laws, to make sure produce is only used in season and season only Does anybody actually know how to legislate seasonality, especially with all this climate change going on? Can we assume that Petrus, the Boxwood Café, maze and all the other gaffs in [...]
It’s a WRAP – beware the BOGOF
Posted in food politics, shopping, slow food, tagged BOGOF, food waste, WRAP on May 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s so good to see sensible food philosophy gaining credibility; witness the publicity given to the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) “The Food We Waste” report published today. I overheard an interview on Radio 4′s Today programme this morning and I see The Independent online has covered it, so let’s hope a few more [...]
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