Here’s some food for thought for today…
- A writer from the New York Times checks out the seal tartar at Au Cinquième Péché in Montreal. too bad about the plethora of bone-headed comments on her post.
- Is there such a thing as “junkless junk food”? The companies that make products such as popped chips might want us to think so, but despite all the positive nutrition claims, there are still better things out there we could be eating.
- Southeast Asian countries have long known the delights of the purple yam, but a special breed developed at a Kansas university is looking to be full of antioxidants that may reduce cancer risk.
- Fast food can be so visually depressing, but there are ways to fancy it up.
- The Food Section is creating a dictionary of modern gastronomy, with great new words such as “arugulance”.
- Put the cheeseburger down – another study than links the animal fat from red meat and dairy with cancer.
- Ever have one of those plants in the garden that just won’t grow for you, no matter what? For me, it’s summer savoury, for Tim Hayward of the Guardian‘s Word of Mouth, it’s basil.
