The Old Foodie

Waste not, want not. A good rule to live by, Yes? There is, however, something particularly challenging about the congealed paste that is l...

It is time for us to talk about junk food – and if you need any convincing that the English language is a dynamic, ever-evolving thing – con...

In yesterday’s post we considered the US response to the necessity to conserve wheat during WW I. The necessity was even greater in Britain,...

The Oxford Symposium is over for another year, and a fantastic event it was indeed. It manages the most egalitarian atmosphere of any 'c...

Today, May 3rd … Ernest Edward Dunlop, best known by his nickname of “Weary”, is one of Australia’s best known medical and military heroes....

Today, February 26th … John Harvey Kellogg, the inventor (along with his brother Will) of flaked breakfast cereal, was born on this day in 1...