It’s been all over the news this past week – in my town, anyway. What I’ve long suspected has been confirmed. Some supermarkets are re-wrapping and re-dating their fresh meat and poultry products. That’s not only extremely unhealthy – it’s completely illegal!Read More →
As Pasta is to Italy, as Rice is to Asia and Spain, and Potatoes are to Europe and the New World, so Couscous is to the people of the Western Mediterranean, most especially, North Africa. And this simple, delicious peasant food staple has its own unique secrets for you to discover!Read More →
Okay. Right off the top, I’ll re-assert my skepticism about so-called miracle cures for things like Cancer and Arthritis. And ‘miracle’ foods that claim they can make you smarter. But I thought it worthwhile to mention a new, low-key finding about links between Coffee and Obesity…Read More →
Can there be any dish that is more a trademark of Greek cuisine than the ubiquitous Yoghurt sauce known as Tzatziki? As much a treat as a staple at the Greek dining table, it is at once an elegant accompaniment to any Greek feast (alongside fresh Pitas) and a breeze to make…Read More →
Just a quick – celebratory – post on a recent Yahoo! offering: Someone has finally got round to asking actual doctors, dieticians and other real experts about a laundry list of popular beliefs about lifestyle Dos and Donts in the contentious arena of ‘Diet and Health’ issues…Read More →
Chickpeas are just about universal in their appeal and they’re loved nowhere more than in the Middle East! And the yummy treat made from them most often there is revered as a staple of Eastern Mediterranean cuisine. I speak of nothing less than the simple, noble Hummus…Read More →
We sounded an alarm for chocolate lovers some time ago, warning that cocoa prices were going to skyrocket. Well… The crisis has hit! And the shortages driving the price hikes are far from over. Will it change the way you look at Chocolate and what you’re willing to spend on it?Read More →
Mediterranean staples have become favourite dishes for many of us across the Western World in the past couple of decades, as the cuisines of different cultures meld and fuse and react with one another. Take, for example, the case of the Middle Eastern classic, Tabbouleh Salad…Read More →