Food
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Afternoon Tea Week 12-18 August 2024
Whether enjoyed in a luxury hotel, tearoom, or as a home baked treat, the British love the combination of savoury and sweet treats, accompanied by some of the 100 million cups of tea we drink each...2024-07-01 4732 0 -
Chef Valeria Sorokina: An inventive hand-painted chocolate artisan
Russian Chef Valeria Sorokina (Instagram A/c: vhv.artchocolat) hails from Saint Petersburg. She works as a professional chocolatier and specializes in making beautiful chocolate products that are painted by hand. Her path to becoming a confectionary artist started...2024-06-20 844 0 -
An interview with Medieval Arab Cooking researcher Professor Daniel Newman
Daniel Newman is an Arabic Studies professor at the University of Durham in the United Kingdom. He specialized in Middle Eastern and Arabic studies. His scholarly interests over the years have included Arabic travel literature, 19th-century Arab...2024-06-01 7513 0 -
An interview with Medieval Arab Cooking researcher Professor Daniel Newman
Daniel Newman is an Arabic Studies professor at the University of Durham in the United Kingdom. He specialized in Middle Eastern and Arabic studies. His scholarly interests over the years have included Arabic travel literature, 19th-century Arab...2024-05-20 2361 0 -
Aston University research finds that social media can be used to increase fruit and vegetable intake in young people
Researchers from Aston University have found that people following healthy eating accounts on social media for as little as two weeks ate more fruit and vegetables and less junk food. Previous research has shown that positive...2024-04-24 4417 0 -
An interview on Iranian food with Chef Mostafa Haydari Rad
Born in Iran, Chef Mostafa Haydari Rad (Instagram A/c: mostafa_haydarirad) began his career as a trainee chef and is currently a brand chef at the Chooleh Kabab Restaurant in Qatar. When he was younger, he used...2024-03-23 3244 0 -
National award is the icing on the cake for Luci
Luci Campbell from the Juci Luci Cake Company based in Solihull had previously won two awards at the Midlands Asian Wedding Awards in 2017 and 2019 before taking the prize at this year’s national event hosted...2024-03-23 8368 0 -
Exploring the World of Italian Cuisine with Chef Alessandro Fiacco
Chef Alessandro Fiacco (Instagram A/c: alex.fiacco), a 37-year-old with a love of cooking, was born in Ciociaria. His culinary adventures began at a very young age. Going back to his early years, when he was still...2024-03-12 3434 0 -
An Italian multi-talented chef – Chef Gabriella Gasparini
Italian Chef Gabriella Gasparini (Instagram A/c: gabriella.gasparini_ ), who hails from Modena in the country’s north, enjoys crafting freshly made pasta at home. Her love of cooking began when she was young and spent time with...2024-01-31 4302 0 -
Co-op customer shopping habits highlight risk of iodine deficiency in vegan diets
Switching to alternative milk and removing seafood from your diet could lead to an iodine deficiency, which may have a negative impact on long-term health, a new study shows. Using anonymised data from more than 10,000...2024-01-27 4691 0