Looking for something other than a cheese sandwich for lunch, I found 3 remaining vegetarian sausages in the fridge that had been left there by one of our daughters and needed eating. Now I wonder why I ate them. Linda McCartney’s vegetarian foods has been around for a long time; since 1991 the label tells… Read More

Recent reports from the EU tell of European ministers pulling back from ecological policies in the face of demonstrations by farmers. There are two explanations I’ve read, both quite different, but both very powerful and insightful. Both very real. One comment explained that retailers, driven by the demand for cheap food, drive-down what they are… Read More

Rick Stein is back on our screens, this time with his eponymous Rick Stein’s Food Stories, which is now running on BBC iPlayer (February 2024). Twelve episodes set as far north as Argyl, east to Lincolnshire and back west to his beloved Cornwall, where it all started, give Rick the chance to ask the right… Read More

No label needed on the best organic food. Hedgerow Blackberry Blackberries Blackberries Organic Blackberry Jam PYO Pick British Labels Nick Henley Nick Henley wonders why Blackberries and so much other organic food remains unpicked – when it is free for everyone and enjoyabe to collect. Read More