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cinnamon and rhubarb fruit dessert

Think of some of Europe’s most amazing food and produce and there’s a fair chance that it’s protected by a PDO. From cheeses to ham and pies to wines the European Union’s Protected Designation Origin ensures the areas these foods are from are the only ones that benefit from making it. I spent a day Read the full article…

spoons heaped with spices and herbs next to a chilli and mince meat

In mid-January it was found that four major UK supermarkets have been stacking their shelves with beef burgers and other beef products contaminated with horse and pig DNA. By buying “value” products I think people enter a gentleman’s understanding with these supermarkets that things may not be exactly as they seem. However, discovering that some Read the full article…

school food campaign banner with jamie talking to a school boy

Jamie has today said action is needed on school dinners not more reports, following a government announcement. The government said today it has asked the co-founders of LEON restaurant chain, Henry Dimbleby and John Vincent, to examine school food across the country. Jamie has appealed for the government to listen and act on advice about Read the full article…

Jamie cooking with kids and family

Story by Juliane Caillouette Noble Zac Goldsmith MP joined forces with Jamie and other school food campaigners today by tabling a motion in parliament that calls for his fellow MP’s to expresses its concern that academies and free schools opened since September 2010 are no longer required to meet the mandatory standards for school food; Read the full article…