"Dying for a biscuit"

Read this horrifying exposé on palm oil and how it's killing orangutans by destroying rain forest. I've noticed palm oil listed on some products in the UK, including a lot of peanut butter (why the heck would you want another oil in peanut butter when it has its own natural oil?!), but I didn't know that they aren't required to list it as such. It can just be 'vegetable oil'. Apparently some companies like Sainsbury's are making an effort to highlight it on their own products and declare that it's sourced from sustainable sources, but it looks like we consumers could do more to make ourselves aware of what we buy.

BBC News - Panorama - Orangutan survival and the shopping trolley

You can watch it on iPlayer in the UK as well for the next week:
Panorama: Dying for a Biscuit

Food Harmony

A Carew Pigs Dinner, 22 Feb 2010

A lapsed 'Jew', 'Muslim', and 'Catholic' sit down to a dinner of pork ribs during Lent.

Clearly our religion is food, uniting us in our blasphemy.

"We need a food revolution"

As annoying as Jamie Oliver can be, he's got it right on here.

"I wish for everyone to help create a strong, sustainable movement to educate every child about food, inspire families to cook again and empower people everywhere to fight obesity."



Why we should know how to cook our own food... God...

Sausage making - learn all about it!

This looks like fun! Learning how to make Italian sausage. :-)

From the Guardian - A family affair: Italian sausage-making

And you should watch Four Men and a Pig, too. It's the first part of the series. Enjoy!

I hate McDonald's and the Italian govt.

Dig this:
The 'McItaly' Burger Row
Gross!