Food With A Story

03/05/2016

This article is sure to get you thinking...

Philosophers don’t have a strong argument for eating animals. So why do we do it anyway?

02/05/2016

The socially uplifting superfood?

This leaf is packed with nutrients, grows in dry tropic climates where people are malnourished, and appeals to affluent health buffs, too.

28/04/2016

But isn't there more to food than just calories and nutrients? How would eating powdered food change us as people, if at all? Maybe it's the "right thing to do" for the planet...?
"Suoheimo says that reducing a meal to a portion of powder makes environmental sense because there’s minimal packaging and its long shelf life means food waste is reduced."

Huel and Ambronite are touting powdered meals as a low-cost, sustainable way to feed people and help protect the planet

27/04/2016

Take a guess before you read! We wonder which one is better for the planet though.... Any ideas?

Countless arguments have been waged over the superiority of one beverage over the other. But what does the scientific evidence say? David Robson finds out

26/04/2016

An interesting debate about inclusiveness, but do we really need more plastic in this world? There must be another answer... Fruit peeling service at supermarkets?

Why a wry tweet about produce set off a debate about packaging, disability, and the environment.

25/04/2016

And as if the fun and satisfaction of foraging for food wasn't enough, researchers have now found that "foraged apples and peaches contained 2.5 times more calcium than fruit from actual orchards" amongst other great discoveries. Making KOS Wild Capture - wild foods and foraging - NZ Edible Canterbury

A new study has some surprising answers.

05/12/2015

Got to man the Wild Clover Brewery taps! festival

05/12/2015

Having the Valve IPA. Great stuff! Keep a lookout for them. https://t.co/wNOTkXG6vH

05/12/2015

Drinking some Hoghouse Happy Hog beer at the Beers and Gears Festival. Come join in!

03/12/2015

“what you want to cook and eat is an accumulation, a function of your experiences — the people you’ve dated, what you’ve learned, where you’ve gone. There may be inbound elements from other cultures, but you’ll always eat things that mean something to you.”

Food feeds the soul. To the extent that we all eat food, and we all have souls, food is the single great unifier across cultures. But what feeds your soul?

02/12/2015

Would you eat at a bug restaurant? Yum!

Cricket pie, a mealworm burger – the food at Britain’s first insect restaurant is supposed to be good for the environment. But is it tasty? We booked a table to find out.