I adore Meeta’s definition of comfort food – “food that hugs you from the inside”. Sums up this kind of food just right doesn’t it?
Dal is very special class of comfort food; it feels like a comfort food (all soft and squishy), it tastes like a comfort food (soothing but moreish) and you can dip your choice of bread … Read the full post
If ever there was a group that deserved the moniker ‘the forgotten millions’ it is the vast number of chickens living in squalid conditions to feed the UK’s unquenchable demand for cheap chickens and eggs. Until last week that is, when the forgotten millions were suddenly in the limelight, stars of their own week of TV programmes aired … Read the full post
Soup is the perfect food for this time of year; suitably healthy if you ate a few too many mince pies but comforting enough to pacify those of you stuck with snow blizzards or malingering colds. This recipe is for my new favourite, a soup made with roast parsnips, chestnuts and finished off with fresh orange juice and a dollop … Read the full post
January the first is a rubbish time to make a resolution. Anybody who has a gym membership and uses it knows deep down that this is true. In two weeks time classes will be full to bursting and there will be fisticuffs over who was next in line for that stepper that has just become free. The regular gym … Read the full post