My Food Rules

"Don't eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn't recognise as food"  - Michael Pollen (Food Rules) So, yes, I have been deliberately avoiding telling you exactly what I mean by "healthy eating" and explaining the seemingly random selection process by which recipes end up on this blog. It's partly because I am still figuring it out, partly because it meant writing this looooong post but mainly because it's such a controversial subject and you ...

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Baharat Lamb & Tabbouleh

"Eating what stands on one leg is better than eating what stands on two legs, which is better than eating what stands on four legs" - Chinese Proverb I came across this little bit of traditional Chinese wisdom in Michael Pollan's brilliant book Food Rules (which I have been meaning to do a proper post on and will do soon, but in the meantime buy it and read it. It is ...

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