Woo-whoo! My new book is out and available in our on-line store.The sub-title to Wild Foods – Looking back 60,000 years for clues to our future survival tells you a little of the range of topics covered by my writings and that of contributors Ian ...
A Fountain of Youth Ever thought about a Fountain of Youth and if anything we eat or do can be anti-ageing? We only have one life so why not make every day count and look at all possibilities? Each of ...
Here’s breaking news!!!Firstly, let me explain why this blog post might be of interest to you.I love cooking with wild foods. I use them in every meal I prepare myself and I choose to eat game meats such as roo ...
Obviously there’s not much happening in hospitality at the moment, at least not much to write about. The trade rave, Hospitality Directory, regurgitated a rubbish piece on defining an Australian cuisine and dragged out the usual suspects for their comments. ...
Another insightful, poignant, reflective dispatch from a mate, Frank Barda who has lived in a remote Aboriginal community on the edge of the Tanami Desert for what must be over 45 years now. He provides some unique insights into the ...
LIFE: Intelligent Nutrition, Anti-ageing and the Fountain of Youth Look Out World – We are about to re-invent nutritional support but we need your financial support to do so. LIFE (Lyophilized Indigenous Food Essentials™) is a new product that will ...
A recent research report on the food trends in the USA listed the usual suspects including Italian, Mexican and Chinese as the ‘Big 3’. Lower on the list were French, Spanish and Greek before Japanese, Indian, Thai, Vietnamese, Korean, Caribbean, ...
Not a mention of Australian cuisine in popular World food trends A recent research report on the food trends in the USA listed the usual suspects including Italian, Mexican and Chinese as the ‘Big 3’. Lower on the list were ...
Lots of interest in Fresher4Longer natural food rinse™ (and Herbal-Active®, our industrial name for the same product) since we won the Australian Food Industry Innovations Award for 2013.I have a few links to articles on the topic of food waste ...
Australian Functional Ingredients is a specialist in supplying Australian native extracts for a wide range of applications. Food uses include nutritional mixes for concentrates, puree blends and flavourings for beverages which use the super-food status of Australian wild foods. And ...
Great article recently about wild food Chef Rene Redzepi from Denmark in the SMH. Here’s a young chef who has embraced his regions wild foods and incorporated them using skill, flare and commitment to win the accolades of being the best ...
Here is more grist for the mill on claims as to the falling nutritional value of our foods. Our food supply is being bred for the convenience of the distribution chains, that is, fruits that don’t bruise and can be picked ...
Why are we getting fat?It’s pretty clear that as a population, we in the developed world are losing the Battle of the Bulge. Despite promotion of whole foods, organics or healthy food choices; the marketing of food pyramids; go, grow, ...
I have often spoken about our instinctive taste drives but recently, while looking for a reference on this topic, I realized that I had not written about it.It appears that we have at least 4 biological taste drives that regulated ...
The 12 Tastes in Food – Create appealing dishes from the ground up So many chefs still seem to ignore the basic building blocks of food – the 12 basic tastes and taste-smells. French traditions are built on empirical trial ...
Can’t lose weight? Here’s Why… If you’ve tried but can’t lose weight it is probably not your fault. The quality of our foods and the way your metabolism reacts are probably the causes. There are so many rubbish diets and ...
The more I researched the fact of the Australian Government planning to lease land to the Chinese to grow sugar cane in the Kimberly, the more incensed I got.33,000 ha of the pristine Kimberly coast will be obliterated to grow ...
With what I have written about sugar recently, you may understand why this report makes me scratch my head in disbelief:‘Shanghai Zhongfu Group plans to invest up to A$700m (US$728m) in the next six years in developing land in the ...
Australians often roll their eyes at the things Americans do.To many of us, their customs can range from kitch to kwaint to kweer.Think of their parades and proms. Their totally unrealistic, puritan expectations of their politicians. Their Christian zeal is ...
I discovered a long time ago that busting my back in a job for a boss who didn’t appreciate me was never going to give me the lifestyle I wanted. And the stress of working for myself in a traditional ...
