National Picnic Week aims to cultivate pride in the local area • Winner and runner-up announced for each region • Hampstead Heath and Downhill Demesne & Hezlett House have won for the second year running We’re midway through National Picnic Week 21 – 30 June as the week aims to […]
Food
WE ARE WHAT WE EAT. SO HOW DO YOU FANCY A SNACK OF INSECTS?
Every so often, a food ‘scare/scandal’ story will appear in the media about the ingredients in foods that we buy or consume daily. For instance, a few years ago, it was about horse meat being found in burgers sold by various supermarkets. Much of the reaction to that revelation verged […]
Healthy Eating
There are many advantages to eating fruit and vegetables raw. Water-soluble vitamins (such as vitamin C) are destroyed by heating, so there will be less vitamin C in a cooked carrot than in a similar raw carrot. But for some nutrients, cooking (and juicing) is more nutritious, because it makes […]
WHAT MAKES AN IDEAL KITCHEN
It is a mistake to suppose that any room, however small and unpleasantly situated, is “good enough” for a kitchen. This is the room where housekeepers pass a great portion of their time, and it should be one of the brightest and most convenient rooms in the house; for upon […]
Vegetarian and vegan consumers unhappy with lack of product options
Research reveals many vegans and vegetarians are dissatisfied with product options Almost half of vegans and a quarter of vegetarians are dissatisfied with the choice of food products available to them, new research has revealed. Specialist PR agency Ingredient Communications commissioned market research experts Surveygoo to conduct an online survey […]