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12 July
Food education in schools – shouldn’t it be essential?
I am 31 years old and had public school education in England until I was 10, then moved to a private school until I was 16. In that time I had 1 year of ‘Home Economics’ classes where we made a few cakes and cookies, but I was never really taught about food, ingredients, calories, fat content, protein, organic vs non-organic, etc. However I was taught woodwork, art, Craft Design Technology and Latin (all of which I have never used since – and I even did Latin as a GCSE)....
10 September
Chef titles explained
If you have watched television shows such as Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, you will have heard various chef titles such as ‘Executive chef’, ‘Sous chef’ and ‘commie’ but you might not know what they all mean.
Most professional kitchens are very hierarchical. The structure will change depending on the size of the restaurant, its style and the number of people it serves.
Here is an explanation of some of the main...
30 August
When is a pizza box not just a pizza box?
We all know that companies are being pushed to ‘go green’ with their packaging, by way of using less packaging, using more recycled products and by creating packaging that can be recycled or bio-degradable.
I have come across Green Box which have devised a really simple but obvious idea for pizza boxes. Right now, all pizza boxes are basically the same – you know the type that Dominos Pizza and Pizza Hut use for delivery of pizza....
20 August
When was the last time you tried a different supermarket?
There are 5 different supermarkets within 5 miles of where I live so why do I only shop at one? You may think of one being the cheapest but after doing a weekly shop at each there really isn’t that much in it. Is one easier to park at? For me they all have plenty of spaces if you go at the right time of day.
I challenge you to try a different supermarket the next time you go food shopping. I have noticed that the food varies greatly if you try the in-store bakery, butchers,...
20 August
When was the last time you ordered something different at a restaurant?
Since cooking meals instead of buying readymade meals it has made me question what I order at restaurants. Sure I still order burger and chips but far less than what I used to. I now like to order meals that I never cook at home and then the following week cook it myself to see how it compares to the restaurant.
Sadly I am finding myself being a lot more critical of restaurants for the often bland taste!
I like ordering the same meal from different restaurants to filter out...
19 July
What type of cook are you?
In March 2009 I was in an apartment in Alicante, Spain with 1 friend plus a group of 9 other people who I had only just met. We were out there on a rock climbing holiday. As the first day was wet, we had retired back to the apartment early in the evening and had picked up some food for dinner. The food was a mixture of salad, fish, bread, ham, cheese, sausage, etc. I don’t think it was very well planned, but there seemed to be a quite a bit of everything so certainly nobody would go...
