Swine Flu Outbreak Kills 80+
Sunday, April 26th, 2009First bird flu, now pig flu.
An outbreak of Swine Flu in Mexico has killed more than 80 and is now spreading through the US, creating woldwide panic.
First bird flu, now pig flu.
An outbreak of Swine Flu in Mexico has killed more than 80 and is now spreading through the US, creating woldwide panic.
Julia has posted her March roundup of the monthly seasonal food blogging challenge “In The Bag”.
Go check it out. Details of the April edition shortly.
The food scare which closed Heston Blumenthal’s 3 Michelin Starred restaurant “The Fat Duck” a couple of weeks back is now beleived to be nothing more than a simple stomach bug, or norovirus.
There you go. You can always trust us to be bring you the news which really matters, later than anybody else.
The Food Standards Agency in the UK is pushing a new campaign highlighting the health dangers of saturated fat, such as heart disease.
The campaign will take the form of TV ads and newspaper articles, featuring some simple tips to reduce your saturated fat intake.
If you have any similar tips, please let us know.
Sort of; London restaurant chain The Little Bay is offering customers the chance to pay whatever they think the meal is worth. That’s one way to beat the credit crunch for consumers, but will it work for the restaurant?
Shock news today as scientists discover that doner kebabs are unhealthy. Who’d ever have thought it?
With the average one containing over 2000 calories it might just be time to find a new after-pub snack. Hey, isn’t the lager full of calories too?
Sainsburys supermarkets have followed up on their 2007 pledge to stop selling eggs from battery farmed (caged) chickens – they are the first major retailer in the UK to do so.
Normal cages are outlawed from 2012 under EU rules but Sainsburys has gone one better by not using caged hens at all and going entirely [...]
Kind of; European MPs have voted in favour of stricter controls on harmful chemicals, pesticides and fertilisers which are sprayed on our food (note that some of these are PROVEN to cause illnesses such as cancer on lab rats!).
Good; always eat organic where possible so that you know what you are eating.
A 140 year old giant lobster is to be released back into the wild after ending up in a New York restaurant…
Scientists have discovered detox is a “myth”; you can achieve the same by eating healthy and drinking lots of water, they claim.
Hey, isn’t that what a real detox is anyway? Check out our Super Detox Broccoli Soup Recipe for an example of how a natural detox is best.