Oxfam Warns Of Food Crisis

The average price of staple foods will more than double in the next 20 years, leading to an unprecedented reversal in human development, Oxfam has warned.

The world's poorest people, who spend up to 80% of their income of food, will be hit hardest according to the charity. It said the world is entering an era of permanent food crisis, which is likely to be accompanied by political unrest and

Is it time for a Nouvelle Cuisine revival?

Britain's restaurants throw away more than 600,000 tons of food each year, or 22 tons per eatery, which means that half a kilo of food is wasted every time someone eats out, according to the first detailed waste snapshot of the sector. Nearly one-third of all wasted food comes back from customers' plates, suggesting that British restaurateurs are following the lead set by their American

Boris Misses The Point

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has launched a major initiative to convert London's food waste into eco-fuel to cut landfill rates and carbon emissions.Every year, London produces  nearly three million tonnes of organic waste, mainly from food. Nearly two thirds of this waste is currently burnt in incinerators or buried in landfill, which produces potent climate change gases. £31million has

Morph My Food

Five students from Imperial are taking part in a competition, called ‘Thought For Food’, against 9 other leading European universities. The aim of the challenge, set up by Syngenta, is to find innovative ways to help feed the world’s predicted 9 billion people by 2050. Each team must create a project that can be implemented at a local level.
The team was selected from multiple disciplines from

Ratatouille

This classic French dish is ideal for using up vegetable leftovers. It is a simple vegetarian stew but one of those dishes that fills the kitchen with aromas that will have diners chomping at the bit.The classic recipe includes onion, tomatoes, courgettes, aubergines and peppers with garlic, olive oil and herbs. The vegetables should not be cooked so long or chopped so small that they lose their

Eat Breakfast Like a King

Each year we waste 183,000 tonnes of cooked starchy foods (rice, pasta & potatoes) – suggesting that we cook too much.Out of all the food we waste 43.45% is left over on our plates.With all this surplus of food it is not surprising that the country has an obesity epidemic. We no longer eat what we require, we eat to capacity and then some.Ironically it is often our busy lifestyles and skipping

Asparagus Tips

The British asparagus season which only lasts 8 weeks is well underway. Delicious, nutritious and healthy, what is there not to like?The first tip is how to avoid the woody ends without loosing any of the delicious stems. Simply bend the asparagus close to the cut end and it will snap at the point where the stem starts to go stringy. You can now cook the vegetable knowing that everything that