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Shortbread is one of my go-to recipes if I want to take something to share at a party, or I want an edible gift for someone. The recipe is really simple, I always have the …

Over the weekend I went to an event related to my work from a previous life. I met up with dozens of friends, associates and ex-colleagues, many of whom I hadn’t seen for almost a …

Now, at least in the Northern Hemisphere, is one of the best times to do a dry run on eating local. Fresh fruits and veggies are in abundance and it’s easy to hop down to your local farmer’s market or grocer and find an honest to God cornucopia of choices. BTW local means grown or raised within 150 miles of your current location. If you want to go hardcore use 100 miles.

You’ve been going to the grocery store and trying new things, local vegetables, eating seasonally, grass-fed meat, eggs from chickens raised on a farm, not in a barn … you’re feeling pretty good about yourself right? So what’s your environmental impact? We talked recently about how to go a little greener in our diets, these two calculators will let you know where you stand right now and how you can get to the next level.

In our post about Fats and Oils, we mentioned that Omega-3 has become a buzzword lately; it’s cited as a cure for everything from heart disease to short attention span. But it’s not as simple …

Last week, Lisa posted about the value of the family meal, where everyone can take time to sit down together and talk about their day without TV, distractions or time pressures. Earlier this week, I …

Over the last few decades, carbohydrates have had a really bad rap. Low-carb and no-carb diets have flourished and in recent years we are hearing even more about how carbs are ‘making us fat’. But …

It can be a real challenge for you to get your ’9 a day’, that is, 5 servings of veg and 4 of fruit in a day. Even better, but of course an even greater …

I made this sauce the other night to go with my first attempt at making gnocchi. The gnocchi was a dismal and resounding gluey failure mess (oops!) but the sauce turned out great and we …