Niall's Weblog

I’ve always been under the impression that there was an important distinction between the “natural flavours” and “artificial flavours” listed on food ingredients. After having read this food science article (adapted from Fast Food Nation) Why McDonald’s Fries Taste So Good, I realise the difference is essentially meaningless:

Natural flavors and artificial flavors sometimes contain [...]

I think food is one of the most basic things in life. Most people eat around three times a day, every day, for their entire life. How food tastes, and what it does to your body, would seem to me to be absolutely critical. Few people here in the San Francisco tech [...]

Andronico’s near my place have had a great deal on pork loin chops for the past few days, you can pick up a couple of pork chops for around $3. Pork chops are super easy to cook and are very tasty. When I cook red meat, I make a special effort to mix [...]

Trying to post a new recipe every week from now on. Last week was Tilapia with garlic butter sauce for reducing inflammation. This week I’ve cooked something high in anti-oxidant herbs and spices, notably Oregano which displays, on a gram for gram basis, four times as much anti-oxidant activity than even Blueberries – [...]

I came across Quorn today. It has a pretty interesting history – it was created initially to address the supposedly imminent global shortage in protein-rich foods. That shortage hasn’t occurred (yet) so its been targeted at vegetarians as a meat substitute. Also the fungus (actually a type of mold) itself is quite [...]