Women Who Eat On Tubes

In recent weeks something of a storm has appeared in London and the rest of the U.K. regarding a Facebook page entitled “Women Who Eat On The Tube” and predictably shows photos of women who are eating, sometimes scoffing their face on the London Underground trains and usually surrounded by passengers.  Once the photos are… Continue reading Women Who Eat On Tubes

Sugar is the new tobacco: Why are all my healthy foods so full of sugar?

I don’t want anyone to worry that I’m writing a post about food.  I’m perfectly fine or at least as fine as could be expected for someone who like almost everyone else in the U.K. this week seems to have realised that almost all their foods are packed full of sugar. When it comes to… Continue reading Sugar is the new tobacco: Why are all my healthy foods so full of sugar?

Food Waste – I don’t buy it.

Today is a big day in our household and not just because we are making home made burgers to eat later although that in itself is a cause of celebration. No, today is the day when we get a supermarket home delivery.  This is a rare occurrence for us and is our first since possibly… Continue reading Food Waste – I don’t buy it.

Why don’t we eat horse meat?

This week much of the news in the UK and Ireland has been dominated by the discovery of horse DNA in a number of popular supermarket beef burgers where a sample from a Tesco burger revealed that rather than being a beef burger, there was in fact 29% horse-meat.  Knowing the low quality of some… Continue reading Why don’t we eat horse meat?