SAVE THE INTREPID FOX!
Under new owners, it looks like the Intrepid Fox is going to close on the 11th September*. There are all the usual petitions, but I fear they may be in vain. Unless the Goths and Metallers can unite, set aside their difference[…]

First of all, bless Liz for co-authoring the idea of Food Science Day. It remains an ongoing sadness that she’s not here to enjoy these events, or to add her amazing talents and imagination to the proceedings. I’m happy that Food Science […]

A work meeting today gave me the opportunity to investigate for free the rarefied world of PREMIUM CHOCOLATE. Green and Blacks? Bendicks? Strictly middlebrow. Try Michel Cluizel, whose 1er Premier Crus de Plantations bars go for £3.50 per 100g. Not […]

Just in time for Food Science Day, I come across a new DS ‘eat-em-up’ entitled Cooking Mama! In this game you can “create 76 different, real world dishes from fried eggs to cabbage meat rolls! The stylus is your master kitchen tool[…]

(held over from last year in the name of all that is holy promoting future enquiry)
AIM: To explore the viability of egg polycookery
APPARATUS: Many eggs, hot oil, wooden spoon, boiling saucepan, non-stick frying pan, wok. (more…)[…]

Another week, another new big idea from the drinks giants – Smirnoff Source is that holy grail of the alcopop sector, booze water. Or “alcoholic sparkling water” to give it its full title. Aside from the sparkling element yr reacti[…]

‘Strawberry applesauce’ (APPLE SAUCE IS TWO WORDS) was mentioned by Pete in my previous post about the BK Stacker Quad burgz0r, but I refused to believe it. However, further googling confirms that yes – not only does Strawberry F[…]

Have we all seen the Burger King “Stack em” Quad story yet? Simply, this is a new burger in the U.S with FOUR burger patties, four slices of cheese and four strips of bacon which publicises itself on the basis of having no lettuce, tomato[…]

So Coca-Cola and Pepsi are in trouble in India over pesticide levels in their drinks. Its an issue I know quite a bit about, working somewhere which boycotted Coca-Cola for some time. And as ever, this boils down to communication rather than science.[…]

Figs, FT readers! I love them! My budget always breaks in the supermarket when I reach the fig aisle – oh some might go for the dried prunes inna bag, some might go for the dried APPLE inna bag (yuck!), but not for me! Sainsburys Organic Figs Y[…]