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Accidential Food

We've all created dishes by accident, haven't we? Or is it just me? I came home from work one evening last week, tired, cold, unwilling to c…

Chinese New Year

This year Chinese New Year is on January the 26th, the year of the Ox. Chinese New Year also known as the Spring Festival is one of the olde…

Cravings

I have to confess that I have been bingeing again. And not in the usual food and drink way. It's not the kind of thing I like to talk about …

Crisps are killing our kids

If your kids are like ours, they have a love for crisps. Like most parents I know, I worry about the junk food that our children are exposed…

Do you have in writing

I would guess that the first gleeful, greedy pleasure the foodie experiences when let loose online is recipe gluttony. Or perhaps that shoul…

Everlasting Chicken

I kind of missed Christmas this year having been flattened by a particularly nasty cold virus the day before Christmas Eve. It didn't matter…

Farmers and Food Markets

I've got to say, this month's rant, or blog, is around something that I have a great passion for, that is Farmers and Foodie Markets. True, …

Five lords a-flipping, and a MP in a wheelchair!

Professor Peter Pfaelzer, of San Francisco State University, tells us he is working on developing international wheelchair production for th…

From Borneo to Oslo

My husband Sven and his son Fredrik (from his first marriage) still sometimes poke fun at me when they remember my first real attempt at mak…

Garlic Goddesses In Two Garlic Capitals

When Queen Elizabeth visited Italy in October 2000, Italian chefs were dismayed at a ban on garlic for the royal menu. They were also warned…

I get no kicks from whole grain

I am not sure where to place the credit (or blame?) for the dietary restrictions I endured the past month. It may have been the subject matt…

Kitchen Conscience

"Fish," said Alasdair, he who bolts this web site together. I had asked if he had anything on his mind for an article, even though I had a l…

Knowing what you like

I must confess that I have always liked the expression: I don't know much about art, but I know what I like. I'm not sure how the first pers…

LoveHearts may be bittersweet

Green M&Ms aren't the only sweets calculated to promote young love. Love Hearts may also do the trick. We first became aware of them when we…

Mangos Ace with Martina

Many of the world's fruitlovers (including your humble scribe) think mangoes are the most luscious and desirable of all things edible. So, a…

More Fish To Fry!

There is something oddly satisfying about being topical, even if you were told to be, and even if you weren't particularly enthusiastic abou…

President's Pretzel Problem

According to Snyders of Hanover's website "A young monk was preparing unleavened bread for Lent, the Christian period of fasting and peniten…

Scallop Horror

I thought to myself, ‘You can do this!'. After being married for almost 4 years, I had decided it was time to invite Sven's family over for …

Spagetti Bridges.

The word pasta comes from the Italian for paste, meaning a combination of flour and water - including the many forms of spaghetti, macaroni,…

Swede truth about turnips

The Turnip Man is a sprightly Canadian centenarian who still rides a bicycle. His real name is Emery Kilmer, of London, Ontario, and he cele…

The Big Cheesemaking Kit

The Big Cheese Making Kit launched in September last year and seems to have caught the imagination of foodies across the nation. Did you kno…

The Demise of the Cauliflower

If we believe the news reports over the last year, the Cauliflower is no more! Ok, I know you can still pop down to the nearest supermarket …

The Flying Pieman

Australia's Flying Pieman, English-born William Francis King. was famous in the mid 1800s for his remarkable athletic achievements and eccen…

Tom Turkey Tyson Takes The Count

Surprise your family and friends with a new spin on this old favorite, says Sherrie Rosenblatt, the U.S. National Turkey Federation's direct…

Unsung pleasures by Johathan Tisdell

An assignment for a special issue on the Edinburgh Festival (11 - 31 August this year [2002]) sets off a chain of assorted thoughts. I have …

Veritable Feast at the Camdem Lock Markets

One of the bst thinks to do on a Sunday in London would have to be a trip to Candem Lock Markets. Ever since my first visit, I have loved go…

What A Wonderful Idea

Here at bare ingredients, we believe food should be seasonal, it should be sustainable, and what you eat should always be good. So, when I w…

Why don't we eat more insects?

This question really bugs me: we humans eagerly devour most species of animals, birds and fish, so why do we shudder at the very thought of …

Why pay restaurant prices?

I had a conversation with some work colleagues recently about the seemingly exorbitant prices charged in local restaurants for perfectly ord…

Yorkshire Pudding Race, Woeful Waste of Food

With mllions facing starvation, there must be many party-poopers who deplore the forthcoming Yorkshire Pudding Boat Race as a senseless wast…