Am I really posting a shout-out for sugar? Am I going crazy? Well yes! And no! National Sugar Awareness Week (20-26 January) designed to “raise awareness of the health impacts of consuming excess sugar (and calories) and educating the public to help them to consume less. The aim of the...
#Organuary 2020 is a very good time to make my slow-cooked and deeply nourishing Offaly Good Beef Shin Ragu. I’m starting the new decade with a resolution to play my part in reducing food waste, respect the animals that feed us and support a regenerative environment. To celebrate #Organuary, I’ve...
The theme for diabetes awareness month and World Diabetes Day 2019 is Family and Diabetes. We are urged to learn more about the warning signs of diabetes and find out their risk of Type 2 diabetes (T2D) – recent research discovered that parents would struggle to spot this serious life-long condition in their...
Women and booze – a topic that isn’t going away anytime soon. And as yet another ‘Sober October’ has come to a close and Alcohol Awareness Week is upon us – how many ‘Soberheroines’ thoughts linger upon the prospect of a cold, crisp (large) glass of white? Or a rich,...
Once Upon a Cook – Food Wisdom, Better Living… I don’t think I’ve read such a thorough book on health and nutrition. It really does cover every aspect of food: from soil health, busting myths about meat, fats, salt and dairy, microbes of the gut, pesticides and organic farming,...
Every year on 1st October, the world comes together on International Coffee Day to celebrate the liquid nectar and recognise the millions of people across the globe – from farmers, to roasters, baristas, coffee shop owners and more – who work hard to create and serve the beverage we...
As we saw in Part One, our modern bread is making us sick. The Real Bread Campaign’s Sourdough September is an initiative to share the delicious delights of genuine sourdough and to encourage more people to bake their own. Genuine sourdough made with three simple ingredients: flour, water and salt,...
It’s Sourdough September and anyone who has ever experienced the wonder of an authentic, slowly fermented organic sourdough loaf will agree that this is bread as it should be: easily digestible, sustaining, flavoursome and utterly delicious. And it’s healthful. We make organic, long-fermented sourdough regularly at home and I always...
Organic September is a month-long campaign which aims to increase awareness of organic products by shining a light on the incredible farmers and producers who work tirelessly and diligently to rear, grow and produce our food just as Mother Nature intended. It’s also an opportunity to learn how the food...
A network connecting all players in global food production from the private, charity and public sectors have been specifically targeting chefs with the mantra: ‘Cook your food without cooking the planet’ The Advocacy Hub has created a Chef Manifesto which identifies goals and practices for sustainable food prep which is sympathetic...
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