Cliona Elliott, Editor (Food) Over the past few years, coffee has been at the forefront of daytime social meetings, and I often ask friends ‘would you like to meet for coffee? But the extensive range of herbal teas that have been available for centuries deserve some recognition. Black tea, blue tea, green tea, white tea and finally infusions. It may seem complicated but ‘herbal tea’ isn’t actually classified as tea — reason being that […]
Cliona Elliott, Editor (Food) That time of year has crept up on us all again — when there seems to be a constant drizzle of rain and swapping a night out on the town for a cosy movie night in your pyjamas is much more appealing. Autumn for many people means all things warm and the same can be said about food. People tend to opt for rich and homely comfort food such as stews, […]
Cliona Elliott, Editor (Food) Baked, boiled, mashed or roasted — looking at the potato, a round and somewhat dull vegetable that isn’t particularly exciting to the naked eye, we seem to overlook its amazing nutritional potential and also its sustainability as a ‘food to feed the world’. The potato is the world’s fourth largest food crop following rice, wheat and maize and was first farmed by the Inca Indians in Peru around 8,000 […]
Cliona Elliott, Editor (Food) Keeping kids entertained when it comes to food can be tricky, especially when they think that leafy green vegetables are the spawn of the devil and that chocolate and doughnuts are their only option. However with some ingenious food ideas you can ensure that your kid is not missing out on the nutritional goodness found in fresh, healthy foods. Make it funny Like anyone, kids love to laugh, right? […]
Cliona Elliott, Editor (Food) Sandwiches are brilliant. Who would have thought that putting two slices of bread together and loading it with fillings would be such a quick and easy meal? So if you’re bored of the classic cheese and ham or egg salad, why not try some of these great sandwich combinations next time you’re feeling peckish. (If you’re not too keen on bread you could also swap it for a wrap, […]
Cliona Elliott, Editor (Food) When rooting around the kitchen cupboards you’re very likely to find a shelf or indeed a whole cupboard full of pots and boxes of herbs and spices. These colourful mounds of fragrant powder, such as cumin, cinnamon, nutmeg and paprika are used today solely in the kitchen as a culinary tool to alter or enhance flavours when cooking. But looking back in time spices were at the foreground of […]
Cliona Elliott, Editor (Food) Walking around the Jemma el-Fnaa square in Marrakesh, Morocco, your senses are assaulted with exotic smells of spices that are used to make Morocco’s most renowned dish: the tagine. The tagine, which is actually the earthenware pot which is used to cook the dish, consists of a flat and circular base which is then covered with a dome shaped lid when cooking. The word “tagine” also refers to the succulent […]
Shameena Syed, Correspondent (Food) A toast for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch, muffins with tea and pizza for dinner. If that rings any bells, that’s an awful lot of flour in your diet. Bread has been a staple in human diet for at least 10,000 years since the ancient Egyptians discovered its ability to “rise” above other grains, thanks to the protein — gluten. Now why is this tiny little protein in the limelight […]
Illustration: Venla Valve Pranav Padiyar, Correspondent (Food) As I sit and type out this article, sipping my freshly brewed cup of coffee (regular cappuccino at Starbucks — incidentally, I use a French press that my grandfather’s been using for the past 25 years since he was in France), I pondered on the simple fact — how much money could I save by avoiding having a regular cappuccino? I had never pondered over this […]
Illustration: Venla Valve Cliona Elliott, Editor (Food) Alcohol is at the forefront of society – the social tool found at almost every event, but also the liquid fuel at the root of many troubling issues such as violence, unprotected sex and health problems. Binge drinking, which is the term given for drinking alcohol with the sole intention of getting drunk, and the attitude it assimilates of youths especially is very worrying. It is however […]
