The “Noire de Caromb”, the dark Caromb fig is a very sweet, juicy fig that is firm when it is ripe. It”s much sought after in France during the summer. The first crop, in July, is a larger fig that is long and dark red outside and red inside. The second crop, in September, is more round and dark purple outside and red inside.
A first breakthrough has been made to determine the gender before eggs are hatched. This avoids the mass killing of male chicks by the poultry industry.
Superfood, as defined in Wikipedia, is “a marketing term for food with supposed health benefits as a result of some part of its nutritional analysis or its overall nutrient density”.
The current US administration will label or maybe already has labelled the UN Climate Report as fake news. I don’t know, I don’t follow twitter utterings.The report will either be ignored or used to whip up the Trumpian “climate nihilist” base.
Another excellent article in the Guardian yesterday: “The study of 19 European countries is published this month in a special issue of the journal Public Health Nutrition. It shows that UK families buy more ultra-processed food than any others in Europe, amounting to 50.7% of the diet. Germany comes second, at 46.2% and then Ireland on 45.9%. “
Frederic bakes traditional bread day after day in an ancient wood-fired oven dating back to 1713. Now, in order to test the temperature of the oven, he first bakes the Tourton de Baucaire.
I stopped buying certain produce, like cabbage, salad, asparagus, broccolini, carrots, parsley and cilantro from Publix. …
From the Guardian newspaper (July 25, 2018): Fool’s gold: what fish oil is doing to our health …
I just read this rather intriguing article in the Guardian (August 28, 2018): If you want …
Ditch the almond milk: why everything you know about sustainable eating is probably wrong? Well, let’s check the facts first.