Well, if you read this report from Professor Ming-Hung Wong of the Hong Kong Institute of Education you certainly will be.... Professor Wong was reporting on food chain contamination and human disease in the Pearl River Delta area, one of the many regions of rapid …
Food/Health Policy
Jamie’s sugar tax – no way……..
Did anyone see Jamie's Sugar Rush on Channel 4 a few weeks ago? Jamie Oliver's new campaign to tackle childhood obesity by reducing sugar intake through a sugar tax on soft drinks. It was an excellent programme and showed, among many other things, how successful a sugar tax on …
Vlogging and VAT!
Have you vlogged yet? Well, nor have I and it took me a minute or two to connect when Catherine (with a C) - she of Sweetcheeks and the Printworks Kitchen – said that she and Josh were going start a Coeliac Vlog!! She because, as a coeliac, a baker and a cook, she knows all about …
Emoji-ing food allergens
I have been having an interesting exchange over the last ten days with one of our long-time subscribers who sent me a link to a document on the UTC (Unicode Technical Committee) site. (The UTC, for those do not know, 'is responsible for the development and maintenance of …
Scotland the Bread – urgent support needed!!
OK, you Scots!! You are very much in the news these days so step up and support this excellent project to help local communities bring wholesome bread within everyone's reach. Anyone who is remotely interested in good bread has heard of Andrew Whitley – craft baking pioneer, …