I recently discovered a cooking show that is new to me, and I am so happy that I did. Jamie at Home is a fantastic show, featuring Jamie Oliver, a very well known chef in England who has been instrumental at improving the school lunch program there. He is a rustic chef, who [...]
A friend sent me an article this week from the BBC. It’s headline reads: Cookery Classes to be Compulsory; Cookery lessons are to be compulsory in England’s secondary schools for children aged 11 to 14. The article goes on to say that the move is part of the strategy to tackle [...]
As a subscriber to Daily Candy, I receive e-mails every day announcing local discoveries, sales and items they think I can’t live without. I skim most of these and toss them in the virtual recycle bin. But recently, one caught my eye.
Cook! SF is a business in San Francisco that shares our passion [...]
I was excited tonight when I discovered a website called Is My Blog Burning?. It is a blog that tracks food events from across the world. Each month, blogs sponsor food-challenges and later compile all of the results and feedback that they receive. It is inspiring and exciting - sort of like [...]
Since I teach cooking classes for children, people ask me all the time about what their kids can really do in the kitchen. They find it hard to believe that their toddler can actually help, without causing chaos. When I do workshops for mother’s groups or schools on Family Mealtimes or Cooking with [...]
I was saddened to see a two page advertisement for the weight loss drug Alli towards the front of Everyday Food, a magazine I enjoy. The ad opens with the heading “Let’s talk about healthy eating” and continues to talk about how people need to enjoy the foods that they are eating or [...]
