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Foods named after people, like Eggs Benedict, Melba Toast and Margherita Pizza.

August 23, 2013

If you are of an inquisitive disposition you will love this video from “Mental Floss” which explores the origin of some very popular dishes and who they are named after. For example German Chocolate Cake is not German at all, Eggs Benedict has it’s origins in a night of heavy drinking and the most common…

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Oak Smoked Water… are things getting a little out of hand?

A new craze in the UK is Oak Smoked Water which has Heston Blumenthal lapping it up. The water comes straight out of the tap and is then smoked for four days in an oak smokery. Alison Lea-Wilson, of the Anglesey Sea Salt company, which produces the Halen Môn smoked water, says; It adds an…

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What’s inside a cup of coffee?

The most obvious ingredient is water, 98% of your regular cup of coffee but what makes up the other 2%? Wired magazine decided to find out and most of it is made up of ingredients you would struggle to pronounce and spell if they were not already in front of you. Things like 2-ethylphenol, dimethyl…

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What happens when you mix milk with dish washing soap…

You may not have ever wondered what happens when you mix milk with detergent but some people most certainly have. Pour regular full cream milk into a bowl and wait for it to settle down and still before adding drops of food colouring. Use a cotton bud, dip it in the dish washing soap, place…

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Watch the cutest kid, young Luiz Antonio, make an argument for not eating animals

Young Luiz Antonio brings tears to his mother’s eyes as he makes a moral argument for not eating meat. Even this hardened carnivore shed a little tear as I watched young Luiz ask the pertinent questions and then with the innocence of a young man make an argument as to why he does not want…

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How to eat an apple. Odds are you’ve been doing it all wrong your entire life!

The traditional method of eating an apple is strewn with waste and Foodbeast set about uncovering the best way to eat an apple with a surprising result. After doing a mass and volume test they concluded that we are throwing away anywhere between 15 to 30 percent of every apple. By starting from the bottom…

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So exactly how many insects are we eating a day?

This is not something to get too grossed out about although I’m sure some of you will but you will be surprised to discover exactly how many insects you are eating every day without realising it. The reality is that nature is pretty hard to get away from!

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James Martin shares his top 5 favourite pantry ingredients. What are yours?

There are no real shockers in this list, James is a very practical man after all Top of his favourite list is olive oil, specifically single estate olive oil if you are to enjoy the best flavour an olive oil can produce. The thing about olive oil is that when I was young I can…

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1999 McDonald’s Burger in near pristine condition, one owner! Almost good as new!

If you ever needed more proof, here it is. A 1999 McDonald’s in pristine condition has resurfaced after spending most of its life in a jacket pocket. David Whipple from Utah originally purchased the McDonald’s burger in order to show friends how well it keeps its composition after one month. But then Whipple forgot about…

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The Clean 15! The Fruit & Vegetables least contaminated by pesticides!

The Environmental Working Group has released its 2013 Shopper’s Guide To Pesticide In Produce revealing the Clean 15! The fruit and veg least contaminated by pesticides. The Clean 15 list runs in conjunction with the Dirty Dozen list which highlights the 12 most pesticide contaminated fruits and vegetables tested by the environmental agency. From the…

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The Dirty Dozen! The World’s Most Pesticide Contaminated Fruit & Vegetables

Every year the the non-profit advocacy agency Environmental Working Group (EWG) releases their Dirty Dozen list, a global ranking of the most pesticide contaminated fruits and vegetables. The health benefits of a diet rich in fruits and vegetables outweigh the risks of pesticide exposure but the formulators of the guide say that one should use…

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Consumer Goods Council of South Africa welcomes release of the meat scandal report

In February this year the University of Stellenbosch’s research report featured prominently in the media after disclosing that a number of samples of meat from unnamed retailers across the country contained DNA from other “non-declared” animal species. Leading retail groups which are members of the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa (CGCSA) are confident that…

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Know Your Ingredients Rss

Foods named after people, like Eggs Benedict, Melba Toast and Margherita Pizza.

Oak Smoked Water… are things getting a little out of hand?

What’s inside a cup of coffee?

What happens when you mix milk with dish washing soap…

Watch the cutest kid, young Luiz Antonio, make an argument for not eating animals

How to eat an apple. Odds are you’ve been doing it all wrong your entire life!

So exactly how many insects are we eating a day?

James Martin shares his top 5 favourite pantry ingredients. What are yours?

1999 McDonald’s Burger in near pristine condition, one owner! Almost good as new!

The Clean 15! The Fruit & Vegetables least contaminated by pesticides!

The Dirty Dozen! The World’s Most Pesticide Contaminated Fruit & Vegetables

Consumer Goods Council of South Africa welcomes release of the meat scandal report

South Africa's Internet Food Newspaper, Magazine and Blog