Waste Not… Cauliflower
he once-neglected cauliflower has been lifted to new heights in recent years, and now features regularly on restaurant menus, where it’s treated like a delicacy: chargrilled as “steaks”, pulverised into rich purees or shaved for delicate salads. But it’s only now, with the alarm around food waste growing louder by the week, that we are […]
Waste Not… Potato Peelings
It’s not surprising that the many people are up in arms about how much food we waste, and potatoes are part of the problem: about half of all potatoes bought by UK households are thrown away. That’s nearly 6m spuds a day, at a yearly cost of £230m. My mum always made the best chips: […]
One: Cut down on plastic
In this eight-part series, I describe how to go waste-free in your own home. First up: cutting down on packaging when you shop WHAT DOES ‘ZERO waste’ mean? Spoiler Alert! There’s no such thing as zero waste – some waste is inevitable and happens at every step of the food chain, from the farm to our forks. That […]
Cooking at Dan Barber’s WastED Restaurant
As I’m sure you are aware we currently waste more than a third of all food we produce. Much of this food is saveable and wasted unnecessarily – not just at every level of the food chain but in our own homes. Dan Barber is a chef from upstate New York – who owns two […]
