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Bling, the Urban Dictionary tells me, is an onomatopoeic representation of light bouncing off a diamond. Or a Bob Kramer original hand-made chef’s knife, which goes for $2000 and up. Of course some people might be able to justify spending that kind of cash on what is, after all, one of the key tools of […]

Good beef frozen is better than bad beef fresh.

This history of domestication and agriculture encompasses North America too.

Not all progress is bad. Rachel Laudan makes a powerful case that modern methods of making sugar and salt are far superior.

I did not know that that the famous Monty Python spam sketch was recorded on 6 June 1970. At least, that’s the claim of a Tumblr obsessed with Minnesota in the 1970s. (Wikipedia says only that “[i]t premiered on 15 December 1970”.) However, I need no encouragement to share a programme on Spam that I […]

The big question is, why do amateur growers and those who choose not to care even need the protection of EU seed legislation?

Most of what you think you know about potatoes and nutrition is wrong.

From a wilderness survival trick to a new theory on Neanderthal cooking.

A bit of history about a new, old hop.

The world of fine chocolate has seen some major change in the past few years, much of it focused on the rise of so-called “bean to bar” chocolate made by smallish producers with an eye on the distinctive qualities of different cacao beans. One company that’s been making a name for itself is Original Beans, […]