Like many other festivals which have a high commercial value, Halloween has become a very popular occasion for expat and locals alike in Hong Kong. When I was a child, there…
Food waste – have we considered all the ‘trimmings’?
As a young child, I was taught never to waste food. It was the mid-1980’s, when Ethiopia was at the height of its famine and images of starving children were broadcast to many parts…
Snip-snip couscous
The time has come to make Audrey’s first packed lunch at pre-school this week. As only cold options are allowed at the nursery, and since growing up I’ve always had a…
World Breastfeeding Week 2016 – reminders for the world
Today the 1st of August we celebrate World Breastfeeding Week (WBW), an initiative which started in 1992 to celebrate the formation of the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action. In the years…
New vitamin D recommendations – what’s next?
Yesterday, the health and nutrition world welcomed the long-awaited report on vitamin D published by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN). It introduced new values of Recommended Nutrient Intake…
Mini Mousakka
I first had a Mousakka shortly I started working in London at Valentino’s an Italian-run lunch cornershop in Holborn and subsequently had many of them at places such as the Lebanese restaurant chain…