‘Food Rules – An Eater’s Manual’ by Michael Pollan There are loads of books on food, and even more on healthy eating. It’s become a national (and international?) obsession. But despite the wealth of information available to us, mo...
These days we’ve all heard of ‘superfoods’, but what are they, and do they really do what they say? The simple answer is that there’s no official definition of a superfood, and the term is normally used to try and convince you that a fo...
Here in the UK, Channel 4 have recently been showing a program called ‘Food Hospital’ exploring the use of food as medicine. For all that it’s billed as ground-breaking, I can’t help but feel it’s a missed opportunity. According t...
In the past I was always a bit nonplussed when it came to kombucha. I didn’t think I liked the taste, and I was sceptical of the claimed health benefits. But now I’ve found out more about it, and discovered how easy and fun it is to make at home, I...
Fermenting foods preserves them, improves digestibility, creates new nutrients, and has numerous health benefits. It is also a culinary adventure, creating new tastes and textures. This wonderful book opens the doors to simple home fermentation, so that we can...
Meat stock is one of the most effective healing foods that you can make. It contains the concentrated essence of the ingredients used, and being liquid, is extremely easy to digest. It is also very simple to make. Not to mention the fact that it tastes delicio...
