Food politics, ethics and issues

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Well, here we are. That was a struggle. them apples is now hosted on a shiny new ultra-slick and totally tricked out Wordpress platform. Blogger was OK, but it wasn’t flexible or powerful enough, and I seemed to be spending too much time trying to disguise it as a Wordpress blog, anyway. I’ve spent the [...]

Food politics

Could the Nordic Diet stop obesity?

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There should be little doubt that Britain has a problem with its’ weight. Current estimates rate the level of obesity at around a quarter of the population. That’s a lot of big people. The traditional British diet, heavy in saturated fats and carbohydrates, added to an ever more sedentary lifestyle would seem to be the [...]

Books, Food politics

them apples on Facebook

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I’ve finally become terribly modern and set up a page on Facebook, so you can, if you excuse the slightly horrific terminology, become a ‘fan’* of them apples by clicking on the link below. * The whole being a ‘fan’ thing on Facebook disturbs me greatly. It just seems so narcissistic and self-centred for what’s [...]

Food politics