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Biology is food, food is biology
"The basic science is not physics or mathematics but biology - the study of life." Edward Abbey I'm back to the food curriculum - after...
Jul 5


Unloved fusilli and its friends
"three small wings elegantly twisted on themselves, in a spiral movement." Barilla I had a feeling that fusilli, those short spiralised...
Jun 4


Aargh! Technical problems
"Technology…is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other." C.P. Snow I sat...
May 29


Mix and match - chemistry
"It’s the intricate interplay of ingredients that truly captivates." Ciaron Connolly/Medium I am finally going back to the food...
Apr 3


When only white sliced bread will do
"For the Victorians, white bread was a marker of quality and prestige. For us, its very popularity has seen it relegated to the status of...
Feb 4


Choices - leftover soup
"Such a dish is always, in my experience, made more scrumptious by the knowledge of its unpromising beginnings." Hugh...
Sep 7, 2024


So many talents - it's not fair
"You sort of get closer to perfection with each failed attempt" Nik Sharma Nik Sharma is the man in the photo and author of three...
Jul 19, 2024


The common kettle - not so common
"We overlook what we take for granted. Billions of tea drinkers observed the force of steam escaping from water boiling in a kettle...
Feb 8, 2024


Pi or pie? - maths in the food curriculum
"If maths were food, what food would it be? MajorLeagueTeacher I'm not being that clever with my title here - many, many people have...
Jan 22, 2024


Versatile potato peels
“It combines three things consumers love: a little bit of fried starch with ooey gooey cheddar cheese and bacon.” Chicago Tribune I...
Jan 19, 2024


Pictures, words, irritations and detours
“A picture is a poem without words.” Horace Today's post was going to be a riff on this painting, which turned up on my desk calendar...
Nov 27, 2023


Search but you may not find
"Google is search. It’s the verb, to Google. It’s what we all do, all the time, whenever we want to know anything. We Google it." Carole...
Nov 19, 2023


Eat food - rule no.1
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." Michael Pollan The above quote is probably the most famous modern quote on food around. It...
Feb 10, 2023


Mashed potato
"The topic of mashed potato started a heated debate among my colleagues. Half of them insisted it had to be creamy, buttery and have...
Feb 1, 2023


Hot off a rock - a Neanderthal falafel
"more and more studies are suggesting an ancient penchant for bitter - and astringent-tasting plant foods from as early as the Middle...
Dec 2, 2022


Cooking - the only thing unique to us
"Once fire was discovered, the instinct for improvement made men bring food to it. First to dry it, then to put it on the coals to cook."...
Oct 26, 2022


Bees like purple and it will save them
"If technology can play a role in protecting this amazing species then we need to embrace it before it's too late." Ian Cane - Beekeeper...
Jun 16, 2022


Cooking made us brainy
"fire is needed to fuel the organ that makes possible all the other products of culture, language included: the human brain." Jerry...
Apr 8, 2022


Humpty Doo barramundi
Well actually, as always, this is going to be about more than Humpty Doo. But I will start there. The actual starting point for this was...
Mar 3, 2022


The importance of poo
"1% of wastewater is waste. The rest is wasted water." I can't remember why now that poo got on to my list of potential blog topics, but...
Aug 31, 2021