Archive for March, 2008

Free the Piggy!

Friday, March 7th, 2008

You’re probably all busy buying free range chickens by now following the Chicken Out! campaign, right (if not why the hell not)?
Next job, Save Our Bacon (and read more about that here).  No, seriously - pigs are intelligent animals and deserve more respect than our farming system can give under the current supermarket price pressures.  [...]

Poppy Seed Cake

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

To me the best cakes are the type you can enjoy sitting at home or in a café with a cup of coffee. There seems to be a tradition in England of serving cakes covered in cream or ice cream as a “pudding” - great for your palate, not so good for your waist line.