09 July 2009

A bit more on Aspartame

I read this article in The Ecologist ages ago.  It’s a bit one-sided and perhaps a little over-excited, but it does give cause to concern.  Here’s the link to the article:  http://www.wnho.net/the_ecologist_aspartame_report.htm. And here for some bal...

07 July 2009

Recipes: Macaroons – part 3

This is the final recipe that I think is worth using for macaroons.  It came from a Women’s Institute charity cookbook.  It came with a tale that the word “macaroon” stems from the Greek makaria which means happy, and was introduce by the Greek to Na...

04 July 2009

Another Macaroon Recipe - this time from Betty Crocker

01 July 2009

Steenbergs' June/July newsletter

30 June 2009

New Study into Aspartame

Artificial sweeteners are one of my food paranoias that, in my view, rank up there as one of those danger signs hanging over modern living; they are something that purport huge health benefits versus the issues supposedly attached to natural sweetene...

25 June 2009

Recipe - Rediscovering Ratatouille

23 June 2009

Storing Spices & Herbs

23 June 2009

How to Buy Spices?

18 June 2009

Recipe - Making Real Lemonade

As you walk along the long aisles of soft drinks in shops, it’s like hunting for a needle in a haystack to find real drinks that aren’t made with chemicals and don’t contain artificial sweeteners.  Even such national treasures as Schweppes Tonic Wate...

15 June 2009

Recipe - Elderflower Cordial from the Hedgerow

13 June 2009

Recipe for Chinese Salt Buried Chicken

07 June 2009

Recipe: Coronation Chicken

In Saturday's The Daily Telegraph (6 June 2009), one of our great fans, Rose Prince, explains how to make a real Coronation Chicken.  I must admit that I hadn't realised that it was invented by Constance Spry for our Queen's Coronation in 1953 to fee...

06 June 2009

The Independent's 50 Best Food Websites

We're in at number 39 in "The Top 50 Food Websites" in today's The Independent.  Greg Atkins says "if you want to marinade some chicken or cook a curry from scratch, then you need these little pots of gold in your larder."  Also, for Greg's sake, I'l...

05 June 2009

Recipes for Salt Baked Fish and Tomato Salad

04 June 2009

Natural Sea Salt

Salt is important – for health and our culture.  Loyalty, friendship and bargains are sealed with salt in the Middle East.  Ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans included salt in sacrifices and offerings.

30 May 2009

Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe

28 May 2009

Steenbergs Organic Web Site Buy of Day

Our web site - www.steenbergs.co.uk -  was the Buy of the Day on the Woman and Home web site yesterday (26/5/2009).  It's good to get genuine, strong independent feedback that we're doing the right thing. 

28 May 2009

May newsletter - baking, blogs and mustard