By Sarah Cabral + October 29th, 2008
An exclusive diamond-mounted cooker, which has been produced to celebrate the diamond anniversary of Denman College – the Women’s Institute-owned Residential Adult Education College – is to be raffled online for charity.
By Sarah Cabral + October 29th, 2008
Every day a different headline tells us this food is good for you and that food is bad for you so it is not surprising we grow more and more confused. Is red wine good or bad for you? Now apparently white wine is also good for the heart. Eggs …
By Sarah Cabral + October 29th, 2008
The 2008/9 British leek season is here! Running until end April 09, what better time to tuck into fresh, flavoursome British leeks. With rising food prices making us all more supermarket savvy, choose British leeks for flavour on your table and change at the checkout.
By Sarah Cabral + October 28th, 2008
NuVal LLC is bringing a groundbreaking nutritional vision to market – an independent and easy-to-use food scoring system that consumers can use across all products and brands to make informed decisions about food. Also called the Overall Nutritional Quality Index (ONQI), it sounds fantastic doesn’t it? An easy way to …
By Sarah Cabral + October 28th, 2008
Join this webchat with Dr Carrie Ruxton to discover how you can beat heart disease. Chat date: Friday 31st October. Chat time: 3.00 pm
By Sarah Cabral + October 27th, 2008
Yes, there really is a Goose Fat Information Service and I know we all have to be careful of the amount of fat we eat but just every now again it’s ok to indulge isn’t it? Every thing in moderation.
By Sarah Cabral + October 27th, 2008
I shouldn’t watch the programmes from River Cottage, they make me yearn for what I do not have, to be able to live almost entirely self-sufficiently, not yet anyway. I have the very beginnings of a kitchen garden, a piece of ground, roughly 10ft by 6ft just outside the kitchen …
By Sarah Cabral + October 27th, 2008
In June this year, official figures showed that food prices are increasing at their highest rate for 14 years. In fact, the cost of food is rising faster than our incomes. It seems a decade of cheap food is over.
By Sarah Cabral + October 26th, 2008
There are only a few days left to enter our competition, so get your answers in for your chance to be a winner!
By Sarah Cabral + October 25th, 2008
Have you seen the TV adverts for Country Life butter, with John Lydon? As well as trying to sell the butter for it’s taste, there is also a serious theme - supporting British farmers.
By Sarah Cabral + October 24th, 2008
Tesco has recalled some of its own brand Prepared Sausage Meals because they contain sulphur dioxide, which is not mentioned on the label. This means the products could be a possible health risk for people who are sensitive to sulphites.