The term “food desert” is used to refer to low-income, inner-city areas that lack traditional, full-service grocery stores. The concern is that residents of such neighborhoods — often minorities — have little choice but to buy food at convenience stores or eat at fast-food restaurants, with predictably dire health consequences.
A Dinner in London
This week’s dinner was heavily inspired by the current and past culinary fashion trends. We settled on a classy spot in downton called Hookah Lounge. It’s as fantastic as it sounds.
Everything you need to know about Honey
Honey provides a good source of glucose and fructose, and is produced by bees from the nectar obtained from various flowers. Bees go from flower to flower collecting nectar which is a solution of water, sucrose, glucose and fructose. Enzymes in the bee’s’ body convert the nectar into glucose and fructose.
Table decoration trends
Food isn’t about just how it tastes anymore. Now, more than ever, the looks can make or break a venerable dish. What makes one plate more appetizing than another? Find out in our 2016 trends report.
Sunday outdoor cooking
Outdoor barbecues are the best, especially if they’re the easy, do-it-on-sunday kind of type. This spectacular chicken barbecue recipe with tomatoes, mozzarella and lots of dressing and pasta will convert even the meatiest burger diehards.
Sugar: friend or foe?
We know a lot about food but little about the food choices that affect the nation’s health. Researchers have begun to devise experiments to find out why we choose a chocolate bar over an apple – and whether ‘swaps’ and ‘nudges’ are effective.
There is no sincerer love than the love of food.
George Bernard Shaw
The world’s healthiest smoothie
Imagine the two most potent antioxidants. Now imagine drinking them in one sip. The first one, as we all know, is Matcha, but the second one – blueberry – needs no introduction.
Wake up to a healthy morning
Some foods are so simple, so easy, that they don’t even seem worth talking about. But when it comes to avocado toast, it is.
In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport.
Julia Child