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Taste Tuesday

Taste Tuesday

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Particle 101: Breaking the Seal

Particle 101: Breaking the Seal

Emily Evans Emily has worked in the media and communications industry in Western Australia as both a TV journalist and media advisor. She has a passion for scientific research and enjoys writing about the latest and quirkiest discoveries. Emily is also a big fan of going on adventures, eating Mexican

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The BFD Food Column: Viennese Breakfast Rolls

The BFD Food Column: Viennese Breakfast Rolls

If you’re going to have a plated and fancy breakfast with eggs Benedict and Hollandaise sauce, good breakfast rolls are a must. The Viennese are renowned for their pastries and breads and the Viennese breakfast roll is up there with the best of their breads. This is a recipe

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Taste Tuesday

Taste Tuesday

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The BFD Food Column: Chocolate Tart with Salty Caramel

The BFD Food Column: Chocolate Tart with Salty Caramel

Salt is the magic ingredient that enhances the taste of almost everything. Without salt most foods will seem bland or uninteresting. In the days of antiquity Roman legionaries received their salaries in salt. The term salary (pay) comes from the Latin word sal or salt. Salt was used for preserving

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Taste Tuesday

Taste Tuesday

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The BFD Food Column: Butter Croissants

The BFD Food Column: Butter Croissants

The plain butter croissant we enjoy with our morning coffee is widely acclaimed as a French national food treasure, but it actually has its roots in the Austrian capital of Vienna and only migrated to Paris in the first quarter of the 19th century. They are relatively easy to make,

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Taste Tuesday

Taste Tuesday

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Taste Tuesday

Taste Tuesday

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The BFD Food Column: Red Plum Frangipane Tart

The BFD Food Column: Red Plum Frangipane Tart

It’s stone fruit season here in the Middle East, and pairing sweet with tart, using an almond cream body, is a very tasty option. Baked almond cream (frangipane) is simple to make and consists of almond flour, butter, sugar and eggs. It can be topped with any manner of

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This Government Is Not My Only Problem

Of late, most evenings I have established a trilogy of TV viewing. First up is The Chase which just confirms how dead from the neck up I am. Then the news, which confirms how infantile I am and finally Master Chef which definitely confirms my culinary skills are scarce. For

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The Danger of Wild Foods

The Danger of Wild Foods

Jack Heinemann Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics Sophie Joy van Hamelsveld Postdoctoral Scientist University of Canterbury Traditional harvesting sites, or mahinga kai, continue to be used throughout New Zealand to provide food and to share skills and cultural practices between families and generations. But our new research shows that

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Taste Tuesday

Taste Tuesday

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What the WHO Listing Means for Your Diet Soft Drink Habit

Evangeline Mantzioris Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, University of South Australia The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is the specialised cancer agency of the World Health Organization, has declared aspartame may be a possible carcinogenic hazard to humans. Another branch of the

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The BFD Food Column: The Butcher’s Cut

The BFD Food Column: The Butcher’s Cut

Skirt steak is a little-known, unattractive, ribbon-like cut of meat, seldom if ever found on the menus of well-to-do establishments. It comes as a long, thin strip of meat with a sort of pleated appearance, like a wrap-around skirt. What the steak lacks in charm and presentation it makes up

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Taste Tuesday

Taste Tuesday

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