This "allow all our tracking cookies or pay to access our site" trend lays bare the reality: we're willing to sell you out to hideous big tech data brokers. Just makes me think: I bet if I pay, you'll do that anyway.

#bbcGoodFood #BBC

How a pasta recipe has triggered a diplomatic row between UK and Italy

Last year, a tea-based fracas between the UK and the US threatened to brew up one hell of a storm. This year, “perfidious Albion” is sizing up against Italy in a near-diplomatic c…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Italianmeals #bbcgoodfood #cacioepepe #Italia #Italian #italianmeals #ItalianRestaurant #italiano #italy
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2232975/how-a-pasta-recipe-has-triggered-a-diplomatic-row-between-uk-and-italy/

Also, off the back of this, if you have access to one: use your local #Library !

In the UK at least:
- Interlibrary loans are free or cheap, which gives you access to a huge catalogue
- Many have access to #Audiobooks and #eBooks via #BorrowBox
- You can access magazines! I like #Wired, #NewScientist, #BBCGoodFood, #NationalGeographic but there's many more via #Libby

Your taxes pay for this, and it's shocking how many people still pay for these #subscriptions separately!

I decided not to buy any tinned #soup for my work dinners* this week. I decided to make soup instead. Here is a winter vegetable soup with pearl barley that I made #today, recipe from the BBC Good Food website https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/user/799732/recipe/winter-veg-and-barley-soup.

I swapped out the butter for Suma vegan olive spread because my body is not happy with the amount of dairy I ate over Xmas.

*You might refer to this as 'lunch'.

#VegetableSoup #homemade #VeganSoup #VegetarianSoup #PlantBased #DairyFree #LactoseFree #BBCGoodFood

Winter Veg and Barley Soup

This healthy soup is brimming with goodness, but certainly won't leave you feeling deprived either.

BBC Good Food
Espresso & dark chocolate biscotti

Treat yourself to these moreish biscotti or box up as a gift. This twist adds espresso to the mix, enhancing the creamy richness of the chocolate

BBC Good Food
Running a #CommunityFridge means I often bring home squashed or over ripe random fruit and veg - todays #cooking efforts to use up #FoodWaste include #banana and #walnut cake and a large #cauliflower and #broccoli cheese.. #recipe for the cake from #BBCGoodFood https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/banana-walnut-loaf
Banana & walnut loaf

This homely and wholesome cake is also light and moist, with the natural sweetness of sticky bananas and the warm toastiness of nuts

BBC Good Food