The Guardian
Comment by Rodney Bickerstaffe
Even at 50p, we'll still be spending less on school meals than in 1980.
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Thursday, March 31, 2005
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
School meals around the world
The Guardian
As the government announces an extra £220m for school meals in England, we look at how other countries feed their pupils.
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As the government announces an extra £220m for school meals in England, we look at how other countries feed their pupils.
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Saturday, March 19, 2005
Learn to cook in northern Europe
The Independent, 19 March 2005
Take a walk on the wild side and prepare reindeer, elk and bear in Helsinki - or develop a flair in Clare for Irish soda bread. Jenni Muir discovers cooking courses to suit every taste.
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Take a walk on the wild side and prepare reindeer, elk and bear in Helsinki - or develop a flair in Clare for Irish soda bread. Jenni Muir discovers cooking courses to suit every taste.
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Saturday, March 12, 2005
The true flavour of the islands
The Telegraph
By Andrew Purvis
Real Caribbean cuisine, long neglected in favour of blander tastes, is trying to make a comeback.
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By Andrew Purvis
Real Caribbean cuisine, long neglected in favour of blander tastes, is trying to make a comeback.
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Saturday, March 05, 2005
Platonic ideal of a cheese sandwich realised in Britain
The Telegraph
By Richard Alleyne
When the legendary American food writer Ruth Reichl brought her team of restaurant reviewers to Britain, they were bowled over by the fare on offer.
They were so impressed that they pronounced London to be the best place on Earth to eat and dedicated a whole issue of the million selling food bible, Gourmet magazine, to the city.
Bill Oglethorpe with his world-famous sandwich
But while top restaurants like Gordon Ramsay and the Fat Duck at Bray, both of which have three Michelin stars, inspired her admiration, it was a £3 toasted cheese and onion sandwich from a market stall that most blew her away.
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By Richard Alleyne
When the legendary American food writer Ruth Reichl brought her team of restaurant reviewers to Britain, they were bowled over by the fare on offer.
They were so impressed that they pronounced London to be the best place on Earth to eat and dedicated a whole issue of the million selling food bible, Gourmet magazine, to the city.
Bill Oglethorpe with his world-famous sandwich
But while top restaurants like Gordon Ramsay and the Fat Duck at Bray, both of which have three Michelin stars, inspired her admiration, it was a £3 toasted cheese and onion sandwich from a market stall that most blew her away.
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Thursday, February 24, 2005
Foodies aim for a slice of the pie
The Guardian
With the launch this week of a new award site, Graham Holliday argues that food blogs are not a flash in the pan.
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With the launch this week of a new award site, Graham Holliday argues that food blogs are not a flash in the pan.
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Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Human rights court finds in favour of McLibel Two
The Times
By Chris Johnston, Times Online
The British Government has been ordered to pay nearly £57,000 in compensation to the 'McLibel' campaigners involved in a 15-year legal wrangle against the fast food giant McDonald's.
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the pair should have been given legal aid by the British Government for their David-and-Goliath struggle, when McDonald's decided to sue them for libel.
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By Chris Johnston, Times Online
The British Government has been ordered to pay nearly £57,000 in compensation to the 'McLibel' campaigners involved in a 15-year legal wrangle against the fast food giant McDonald's.
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the pair should have been given legal aid by the British Government for their David-and-Goliath struggle, when McDonald's decided to sue them for libel.
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Saturday, January 22, 2005
Think fruit, buy fruit – then throw it in the bin
The Telegraph
By David Derbyshire, Consumer Affairs Editor
Millions of shoppers are buying their weekly quota of fresh fruit, piling it high in the fruit bowl and then watching it go off, according to research.
A poll of 500 families has found that more than half of all households throw away unused fruit and vegetables every week.
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By David Derbyshire, Consumer Affairs Editor
Millions of shoppers are buying their weekly quota of fresh fruit, piling it high in the fruit bowl and then watching it go off, according to research.
A poll of 500 families has found that more than half of all households throw away unused fruit and vegetables every week.
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Monday, January 10, 2005
Olive oil acid 'cuts cancer risk'
BBC News
Scientists in Chicago say they have uncovered why a Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil seems to cut the risk of developing breast cancer.
The key is an ingredient of olive oil called oleic acid, they say.
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Scientists in Chicago say they have uncovered why a Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil seems to cut the risk of developing breast cancer.
The key is an ingredient of olive oil called oleic acid, they say.
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Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Sea food brings yacht challenge
BBC News
Scots businesswoman Jane Cook has put her career on hold to spend 10 months at sea as a 'food coordinator', taking part in the world's toughest yacht race.
Ocean racing food is a nightmare. Try these parameters for size:
No refrigeration so no fresh food (milk, butter, eggs, cheese, meat)
No fruit - it goes off quickly
We're at sea for 35-42 days on most of the legs.
Each person needs around 3,000 calories per day for the warm legs
About 6,000 are needed for the cold legs (just staying warm in the Southern Ocean requires a huge amount of energy).
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Scots businesswoman Jane Cook has put her career on hold to spend 10 months at sea as a 'food coordinator', taking part in the world's toughest yacht race.
Ocean racing food is a nightmare. Try these parameters for size:
No refrigeration so no fresh food (milk, butter, eggs, cheese, meat)
No fruit - it goes off quickly
We're at sea for 35-42 days on most of the legs.
Each person needs around 3,000 calories per day for the warm legs
About 6,000 are needed for the cold legs (just staying warm in the Southern Ocean requires a huge amount of energy).
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Monday, December 06, 2004
Health advice to eat more fish 'is threatening stocks'
The Telegraph
By Charles Clover, Environment Editor
Government advice that people should eat two portions of fish a week should be scrapped because rising consumption could destroy depleted fishing grounds, says a report out tomorrow.
It is one of 60 recommendations for "radical change" in Government policy to emerge from an 18-month investigation of over-fishing by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution.
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By Charles Clover, Environment Editor
Government advice that people should eat two portions of fish a week should be scrapped because rising consumption could destroy depleted fishing grounds, says a report out tomorrow.
It is one of 60 recommendations for "radical change" in Government policy to emerge from an 18-month investigation of over-fishing by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution.
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Friday, November 26, 2004
Experts name the smelliest cheese
The Telegraph
By David Derbyshire, Consumer Affairs Editor
Even the most devoted admirers admit that it's not a cheese you would choose to enjoy in a confined space.
For while its distinctive odour certainly has some gentle undertones - some fans talk warmly of hops, others of garlic - the overpowering first impression when presented with a plate of Vieux Boulogne is of unwashed feet and unwashed tom cat.
Le Grand Fromage: Vieux Boulogne is the smelliest cheese
Yesterday, the delicacy - made in Pas de Calais and available only in the more open-minded shops - was scientifically ranked France's smelliest cheese during a trial at Cranfield University, Bedfordshire
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By David Derbyshire, Consumer Affairs Editor
Even the most devoted admirers admit that it's not a cheese you would choose to enjoy in a confined space.
For while its distinctive odour certainly has some gentle undertones - some fans talk warmly of hops, others of garlic - the overpowering first impression when presented with a plate of Vieux Boulogne is of unwashed feet and unwashed tom cat.
Le Grand Fromage: Vieux Boulogne is the smelliest cheese
Yesterday, the delicacy - made in Pas de Calais and available only in the more open-minded shops - was scientifically ranked France's smelliest cheese during a trial at Cranfield University, Bedfordshire
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Monday, November 15, 2004
Lard lovers face national crisis
BBC News
Christmas dinners throughout the UK are under threat this year from a shortage of lard as Eastern Europeans stockpile cheap cuts of pork.
Increased demand from recently-joined members of the European Union has led to a shortfall in available pork to turn into lard, retailers say.
New members, which include Hungary and Poland, are buying within the EU to avoid a levy on non-EU imports.
Lard can be used to make mince pies, Christmas pudding and roast potatoes.
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Christmas dinners throughout the UK are under threat this year from a shortage of lard as Eastern Europeans stockpile cheap cuts of pork.
Increased demand from recently-joined members of the European Union has led to a shortfall in available pork to turn into lard, retailers say.
New members, which include Hungary and Poland, are buying within the EU to avoid a levy on non-EU imports.
Lard can be used to make mince pies, Christmas pudding and roast potatoes.
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Thursday, October 28, 2004
What it's like working for ... McDonald's
The Times, Graduate/Management
Daniel Allen discovers that there is a whole lot more to the fast-food giant than the array of spotty teenagers on the tills
RACHEL KNIGHT is a 29-year-old graduate in modern European studies with French. She earns £25,000 a year, has a company car and benefits that include private healthcare and six weeks’ holiday a year. Next month she’s off to a company convention in Sydney, all expenses paid. Her job? Restaurant manager in Leyland, Lancashire. The company? McDonald’s.
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Daniel Allen discovers that there is a whole lot more to the fast-food giant than the array of spotty teenagers on the tills
RACHEL KNIGHT is a 29-year-old graduate in modern European studies with French. She earns £25,000 a year, has a company car and benefits that include private healthcare and six weeks’ holiday a year. Next month she’s off to a company convention in Sydney, all expenses paid. Her job? Restaurant manager in Leyland, Lancashire. The company? McDonald’s.
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Saturday, October 23, 2004
How France keeps children out of McDonald's
The Times
By Adam Sage
School dinners can turn a canteen into a restaurant.
BRYCE, a lanky 17-year-old with short, spiky hair finished his plate of bull stew and polenta, looked up and smiled.
“That was good,” he said. “I reckon this must be one of the best restaurants in town.”
Sitting next to him at a long, formica table yesterday, his teenage classmates nodded in approval. They are pupils at the Lycée de L’Empéri in Salon de Provence, near Marseille, where they enjoy what are widely described as the finest school dinners in France.
“The food here is really exceptional,” said Germaine Roche, a philosophy teacher, who was tucking into a leek soufflé. “It’s a pleasure.”
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By Adam Sage
School dinners can turn a canteen into a restaurant.
BRYCE, a lanky 17-year-old with short, spiky hair finished his plate of bull stew and polenta, looked up and smiled.
“That was good,” he said. “I reckon this must be one of the best restaurants in town.”
Sitting next to him at a long, formica table yesterday, his teenage classmates nodded in approval. They are pupils at the Lycée de L’Empéri in Salon de Provence, near Marseille, where they enjoy what are widely described as the finest school dinners in France.
“The food here is really exceptional,” said Germaine Roche, a philosophy teacher, who was tucking into a leek soufflé. “It’s a pleasure.”
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Monday, October 18, 2004
Delhi tastes 'slow food' revolution
BBC News
By Geeta Pandey, BBC correspondent in Delhi
Delhi has become the latest city to join the slow food revolution.
The Indian capital has recently seen the opening of its first slow food cafe.
It was inaugurated by Carlos Petrini, the Italian founder of the movement that tries to counter the consumption of fast food worldwide.
The movement began in Italy about 20 years ago and has now spread to 45 countries across five continents and has more than 80,000 members.
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By Geeta Pandey, BBC correspondent in Delhi
Delhi has become the latest city to join the slow food revolution.
The Indian capital has recently seen the opening of its first slow food cafe.
It was inaugurated by Carlos Petrini, the Italian founder of the movement that tries to counter the consumption of fast food worldwide.
The movement began in Italy about 20 years ago and has now spread to 45 countries across five continents and has more than 80,000 members.
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Saturday, October 02, 2004
McDonald's critics are just talking junk
The Times
By Mick Hume
I confess that we sometimes allow our young daughters to eat fast food.
After all, it doesn’t seem to have done Wayne “Whoppa” Rooney much harm, does it? These days, however, buying your children the odd McDonald’s Happy Meal is enough to bring the miserabilist tendency out in boils.
Many now seem to agree with the American professor who described McDonald’s advertising as “the last socially acceptable form of child abuse”. This week, when McDonald’s UK announced that profits had stagnated, the gleeful response brought to mind the corporation’s advertising slogan “We’re lovin’ it”.
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By Mick Hume
I confess that we sometimes allow our young daughters to eat fast food.
After all, it doesn’t seem to have done Wayne “Whoppa” Rooney much harm, does it? These days, however, buying your children the odd McDonald’s Happy Meal is enough to bring the miserabilist tendency out in boils.
Many now seem to agree with the American professor who described McDonald’s advertising as “the last socially acceptable form of child abuse”. This week, when McDonald’s UK announced that profits had stagnated, the gleeful response brought to mind the corporation’s advertising slogan “We’re lovin’ it”.
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Sunday, September 26, 2004
Focus: 'Fat, dumb and happy'
The Sunday Times
By John Arlidge
McDonald's took its eye off the ball, according to its new boss, Charlie Bell, who is now thinking outside the burger box to restore its fortunes
‘Fat, dumb and happy!” shouts Charlie Bell, the boss of McDonald’s. Bell is not lampooning Morgan Spurlock, the man behind the anti-McDonald’s documentary, Super Size Me. He is describing McDonald’s recent business performance.
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By John Arlidge
McDonald's took its eye off the ball, according to its new boss, Charlie Bell, who is now thinking outside the burger box to restore its fortunes
‘Fat, dumb and happy!” shouts Charlie Bell, the boss of McDonald’s. Bell is not lampooning Morgan Spurlock, the man behind the anti-McDonald’s documentary, Super Size Me. He is describing McDonald’s recent business performance.
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Saturday, September 25, 2004
Food reviews
The Guardian
By Ros Taylor
With Zagat charging for access to its food reviews, you might be forgiven for thinking gastronomic advice is hard to find online. Not a bit of it - the Michelin (viamichelin.com and Economist (economist.com/cities/) recommendations are still free, Time Out (eatdrink.timeout.com) offers a 14-day free trial, and there are plenty of others to scope out the best restaurants.
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By Ros Taylor
With Zagat charging for access to its food reviews, you might be forgiven for thinking gastronomic advice is hard to find online. Not a bit of it - the Michelin (viamichelin.com and Economist (economist.com/cities/) recommendations are still free, Time Out (eatdrink.timeout.com) offers a 14-day free trial, and there are plenty of others to scope out the best restaurants.
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Englishness – it's all a question of taste
The Telegraph
By Charles Elliott
As an American gardener, Charles Elliott has noticed many curious things about this country, some of which are simply lost in translation
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By Charles Elliott
As an American gardener, Charles Elliott has noticed many curious things about this country, some of which are simply lost in translation
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