Food

TOWER HAMLETS Executive Mayor John Biggs has taken a break from the big decisions involved in running a London borough and is now advising residents how to organise their food shopping and storage to save themselves money. The Executive Mayor ...

FROM TODAY – Friday, 6th April – there will be an extra tax on soft drinks which contain high levels of added sucrose (sugar). The tax has been put in place to reduce childhood obesity – but will it work? The ...

IS YOUR EUCALYPTUS about to explode? Or on the point of poisoning some four-legged friends? This month’s Voice, newsletter of the East London Garden Society (ELGS), warns the tree could pack a bigger punch than you might expect. Not many of ...

THE CHIPS WERE DOWN at Kentucky Friend Chicken (KFC) outlets across the UK yesterday – but it wasn’t the fault of their potatoes. Over 450 KFC outlets were closed for business as they couldn’t get any chicken. Thousands of disgruntled ...

A BATCH OF Laila Mint Sauce is being recalled because there is no declaration on the label that the product contains egg. As such, it could pose a hazard to anyone with an allergy to or an intolerance for egg. ...

“CHIP SHOP FISH CAKES” manufactured by food company Young’s have been recalled because they may contain pieces of plastic and metal. Customers who have bought this product should not eat it. The Food Standards Agency has announced that this product ...

IT’S NOT CONCLUSIVE, but a new study by French researchers has found a link between eating highly processed foods and the incidence of cancer. A “link” is not the same as proof of causation, but the findings are still significant. ...

IT IS National Blue Pancake Day. That’s breakfast sorted, then. Or, if you’re reading this in the afternoon – lunch, your afternoon tea break, tea, or dessert after dinner. It wasn’t an imaginative person who named blueberries. It’s like the ...

IF YOU’RE HAVING a “the diet starts tomorrow” chocolate cake for tea, relax. You’re not being self-indulgent – you’re just supporting national Chocolate Cake Day. People first began grinding cocoa beans and making cocoa powder in the mid 18th century. ...

NOMINATIONS FOR THE first Asian Restaurant and Takeaway Awards (ARTA) opened last week at the House of Lords, with various dignitaries, many of Asian heritage, present to show their support. The launch was hosted by former Tower Hamlets councillor – ...