The five tastes – sweet, bitter, salty, sour and umami. These combined with the myriad of volatile chemicals that waft up our nasal passages is what gives flavour to our food. As children we remember those foods that we hated – blue cheese, olives, mustard, chilli for example. ‘You will like them when you are…
Tag: cooking
The Middle East via Scotland
Our Scottish beauty, Elisa has decided against feeding us haggis, neeps and tatties, opting instead for Jordanian inspired food. It was delicious so we shall let her off disowning the culinary delights of her homeland. On the menu was Filo Tart filled with Feta and Olives, Galjet Bandura (no photos) served with warm pitta breads…
Cooking is good for your health…
…a thought provoking video about the decline in cooking from scratch and how this is having a massive effect on health. Make yourself a cup of tea and have a watch. I would love to read your comments. Teaching people to cook, reigniting the love for cooking, enabling people to make space in their day to cook…
10% of Brits can’t cook
I was reading the Independent the other day and stumbled upon an article about the BBC Good Food study. I was drawn to the stats that said that 1 in 10 can’t cook. That equates to 5 million adults!! This seems quite incredible given the success of TV chefs, The Great British Bake Off, Masterchef…
Lynn Burns RNutr 