Magazines

A FAMILY MEMBER has just bought a (nearly) new car. Said member – let’s call him “Tim” – didn’t have much interest in brands or motoring; he simply wanted something that was frugal, safe and big enough for the family.… Read More

I DIDN’T REALLY want to focus on horses again this month, but after a rather enlightening conference put on by the Food and Environment Research Agency recently and some conversations with those present, I couldn’t help it. As you’ll see… Read More

I HAVE NEVER been a fish-on-a-Fridaysteak- on-a-Saturday-joint-on-a-Sunday kinda guy, but I do like meat. The thing is I’ve gone off it. In the past couple of years I have not only cooked with more vegetables, but I have also been… Read More

THE GOVERNMENT wants us all to eat less salt. We average about 8.1g a day but the target is to cut it to 6g. There are a number of ways to achieve this. Reformulation is one. Look at any of… Read More

IT’S BEEN a tough couple of weeks for the British food industry. First there was the discovery of horse DNA in burgers supplied by the food manufacturer ABP to the likes of Burger King and Tesco. Then pork DNA turned… Read More

IT’S BEEN quite a year for foodservice. There have been the highs: the Responsibility Deals on health and waste to name but two. And there have been the lows: the tax avoidance scandal and the low prices paid to farmers… Read More

Do you know the price of a pint of milk? I don’t and I’m notoriously inquisitive when it comes to the supermarket shop. If you do, then well done you, but I’d bet you are in the minority (even the… Read More

The idea of sustainable diets has intrigued us for some time. This is a debate which has it all. Science. Headlines. Psychology. Politics. And controversy. Most controversial, of course, is the idea that we westerners will have to cut back… Read More

WE ALL remember the shampoo adverts, the ones where actors with shinier than natural hair boasted of taking only one bottle into the shower. Shampoo and conditioner in one bottle was a 90s phenomenon, I think. In the noughties we… Read More