Eating baked rhubarb could help fight cancer, new research has shown. Researchers at Sheffield Hallam University found baking British garden rhubarb for 20 minutes boosted its levels of anti-cancerous chemicals. BBC News – Baked South Yorkshire rhubarb may help cancer treatment. The highest job in Wales is being advertised for someone with a head for heights and the occasional sleepover. The Snowdon Mountain Railway Company is looking for a manager for the £8.4m visitor centre and cafe on the [ continue reading Top job on offer at Hafod Eryri ] Tonight, searching for a book review, I went to Amazon and all over the suggested purchases (‘more items to consider’) section with Arctic Monkey CDs, navigation, cycling, swimming, climbing and explornography books (that I expect to see there) was loads of egg-poacher thingies. I love poached-eggs and take great care over them and have even tried the ramekin and cling-film technique recently – but how does Amazon know this and what algorithm tells them these things? I think we should be told. TIPTOP! The author's rules of thumb for those who can't be bothered to read his articles or books. 1. Don't buy anything your great grandmother wouldn't recognize as food. 2. Avoid products with ingredients that cannot be found in an ordinary pantry. 3. Don't buy anything that lists sugar in its first three ingredients. 4. Shop the peripheries of the supermarket and stay away from the middle. 5. If it came from a plant, buy it. If it was made in a plant, pass it by. 6. If it says lite, low-fat, or non-fat on the package, put it [ continue reading Michael Pollans 10 Food Rules to take to the market ] 2 February 2010  |  | category: advice, food, Gallery of the bleedin' obvious, lists, the state we're in  | comments are closed  “Blundering interventions into family life, like lunchbox inspections, undermine this special bond. Suddenly, even from an early age, children are told that parents are not the best people to protect their interests; apparently that job should fall to the state instead. When a child is given a letter to take home from school for having brought in the wrong food – or even sent home themselves in disgrace – that child is being told that mum and dad are an embarrassing failure. Schools, which should be concentrating on providing a stimulating education, are forced into battle with parents over [ continue reading Put the lunch police back in their box ] This pretentious place [LINK], never before visited, is so off ‘the list’. Took 4 minutes to choose a sandwich after a fifty-mile ride only to be told at exactly four PM that ‘we don’t do food after four PM’. |  
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