Food Links, 28.11.2012
Did farmers in the past know more than we do about agriculture?
Barclays gets criticised for its role in food speculation.
How Big Sugar influenced US food policy.
Maize: a sign of Brazil‘s growing clout.
How can Africa’s food supply be made more reliable?
The food desert in Hawaii.
Why energy drinks are not obliged to list caffeine levels.
This year’s honey harvest in Britain has been reduced by the wet summer.
Bee keeping in Vietnam is under threat.
Singapore now has a commercial vertical farm.
Should we take fish oil supplements?
Some tick bites may cause an allergy to meat.
Tim Hayward on deconstructed food.
A tonic tasting.
Why American eggs could not be sold in British supermarkets.
The Onion on the gluten-free fad.
The ultimate guilt-free diet.
Can you fry mayonnaise?
Milk and western civilisation.
How food has taken the place of high culture. (Thanks, Jane!)
Fortnum and Mason launches…Privilege Spread.
Why do the French like chocolate bears?
Daniele Delpeuch, chef to Francois Mitterrand.
Britain’s craft beer revolution.
The best independent cafes in Montreal.
An espresso-milk sandwich.
A 112ft long chocolate train.
Raymond Blanc‘s favourite restaurants.
How to make piccalilli.
Sakir Gökçebag’s geometric compositions of fruit.
Bicycle-powered coffee.
The most useful kitchen gadgets.
Food GIFs.
A visit to Amsterdam.
Sicilian sweets.
A copy of the Canadian government’s guide to canning, from the Second World War.
How to make fake blood.
Make your own peanut butter.
A chef goes off at a food blogger.
Why the hipster enthusiasm for coleslaw?
The physics of coffee rings.
Guerilla grafting.
How to eat, according to women’s magazines.
Sue Quinn on Nigella Lawson.
These are courtesy of my Mum:
Is nutrition getting enough attention from development organisations?
The story of Britain through its cooking.
The Taste of Love.
Laser-etched sushi.
A botanist, a butcher, and a body.
Amazing manga plates.
Tangerine and Cinnamon 