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FSA Launches Food Fraud Hotline
The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has set up a new hotline to allow individuals and businesses to report fraudulent activity in food sales and marketing in a much quicker and easier way than previously.
The FSA defines food fraud as being committed when “food is deliberately placed on the market, for financial gain, with […]
Foodie Gifts at the Gluttonous Gardener
With one eye towards the looming festive season Sally contacted me at the end of last week to introduce her company:
We are The Gluttonous Gardener we specialise in gifts that are witty combinations of plants and edibles. Our website www.glut.co.uk has over 50 different gifts and there is something for all gift giving occasions.
For […]
How to make the perfect lasagne
I don’t think I have ever made my own laagne; a heinous crime I realise to rely on the ready-made versions. This video though (three simple steps with Marco Geboers) is inspiring enough to ‘give it a go’ even with my ham-fisted attempts in the kitchen.
Lasagne has always been a firm family favourite as it […]
Alara - UK’s First Zero Waste Food Company
Alara, one of the country’s biggest muesli producers, were the world’s first fair trade cereal company and have just become the first zero waste food business in the UK. Their green accomplishments, alongside their pledge to become carbon neutral by 2010, helps set them up as a shining example of how it can be done. […]
Great British Food Magazine Winter edition
The winter edition of Great British Food is now on sale and, like all the other magazines in the world, is covering the Christmas season.
Available through Tesco and WHSmith, Great British Food features 100s of recipes and ideas, inside info on the latest cookbooks, gadgets and food products and interviews with top chefs and […]