Month: August 2008

When Antony Worrall Thompson, the celebrity chef, used a magazine interview to detail the joys of foraging for wild herbs, he recommended a little-known plant as a salad leaf. In abundant supply, locally grown and organically produced, henbane would seem to tick all the boxes for television chefs who urge us to embrace a healthier and more ...

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Tabouli, a mid-eastern salad normally made with bulgur wheat, makes light, refreshing, warm weather fare. Try it with quinoa or amaranth for a delightful new taste. 1 cup quinoa or amaranth 1 cup parsley, chopped 1/2 cup scallions, chopped 2 tbsp fresh mint 1/2 cup lemon juice 1/4 cup olive oil 2 garlic cloves, pressed 1/4 cup olives, ...

Spring Vegetable Quinoa Quinoa (pronounced “keen-wa”) is a South American “grain” – actually a seed. It’s considered by many to be a super-food, because of the balance of proteins it contains. It's easy to cook and delicious. This recipe also uses sunflower or walnut oil in the dressing (high in essential fatty acids), so it's a ...

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We are proud to announce that we have secured some very high profile speakers for our forth coming talks - Patrick Holford, Ian White, Shazzie, John Cramer, Josie Cowgill and Cass Ingram.   We are in discussion with other well known speakers and full details will be available soon on our events page.

Good news at last. While we deal with the credit crises, the food crises, the oil crises and whatever new crisis turns up next week we can rest secure in the knowledge that humanity is not about to be wiped out. That's according to researchers meeting in Oxford to survey the catastrophic events that might consign humans to history. ...

Our new on line store and Research Centre, powered by Health Notes will come on line very soon, in about two weeks time around the middle to end of August.

And we have a FREE can to send to the first 30 people who email us with their details! Send an email with MAD BAT in the subject line and then include your name and post address and we will send the first 30 people a FREE can of MAD BAT, but hurry! email to: info@foodforthoughtshop.com. Regrettably we can only mail to UK addresses

Welcome to the brand NEW Food For Thought Website. We have been working hard to deliver the brand new website for our two Food For Thought Stores, in Kingston and Guildford. We have lots of innovative ideas for this new site. You will see lots of additional features being added to the site over the next few weeks including our on line shop ...