Magic Bullets? ‘Holiday Hangover’ cures abound…
Well, it’s the New Year, and the media are brimming with sincere wishes for good health in 2014. Alas, they’re also brimming with all sorts of suggestions for achieving better health – some sensible, others just silly. Enter: the inevitable holiday hangover cures…Read More →
The Big Food ‘Trends’ of 2013 – Tops or Flops?
Okay… They call them trends… I call most of them fads. Trends mark a change in the way we, as a society behave. Fads come and go in a few months, or even weeks. I predict that most of the ‘trends’ noted by Yahoo! in a recent post will go the way of the Cupcake…Read More →
Merry Christmas to all…And to all, a Great Feast!
Greetings, one and all! Just a quick note to say Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Joyeux Noel, Buon Natale, Happy Hanukkah – or whatever you celebrate! Let me share with you what’s been going on in my kitchen this week in preparation for our annual Christmas Dinner Feast…Read More →
Medical Association calls for alcohol warning labels
Even those of us (a growing majority) who don’t smoke are well aware of the humongous health warnings on tobacco product packages. Cigarettes cause cancer and all sorts of horrible diseases. Now, there’s a push on to have similar warnings placed on booze labels.Read More →
Secret to the ultimate Holiday Turkey?
You’ll probably have heard about people who’ve experimented with feeding fermented silage to livestock – even beer, itself, in the case of at least one ‘artisan’ Pork producer – claiming the alcohol makes the meat sweeter, juicier and more tender. Well, there’s now a guy trying it with Turkeys…Read More →
Supermarket Dirty Tricks: Pay for Play
Welcome to another installment of Supermarket Dirty Tricks. Today, we’ll look at a practice that permeates the supermarket retail sector. It is nothing less than a conspiracy between manufacturers and retailers to influence your purchasing habits. And, no – It’s not just ‘advertising’!Read More →
Clearing the Diet Soda Pop safety claims cloud
Here we go again. A new round of industry surveys and public opinion polls has revealed that an increasing number of Pop fans are abandoning diet soft drinks. It seems that many people still believe artificially-sweetened fizzy drinks are unsafe, in spite of a flood of solid medical studies to the contrary.Read More →
Festive Sides: Baked Squash
We’ve already covered the traditional squash casserole, in the form of a purée with a crumble crust on top. It’s a great traditional Festive Side, but it’s not the only way to enjoy Winter Squashes. And the casserole is on the sweet side, so let’s learn to make a savoury Squash dish!Read More →