{"id":2834,"date":"2011-09-09T08:27:10","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T08:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/?p=2834"},"modified":"2011-09-09T08:33:22","modified_gmt":"2011-09-09T08:33:22","slug":"this-weeks-food-news-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/2011\/09\/09\/this-weeks-food-news-26\/","title":{"rendered":"This week’s food news"},"content":{"rendered":"
McDonald’s puts calories on menus Eat insects for cheap protein No more gastropubs *****<\/p>\n Other food news this week: *****<\/p>\n Piece of the week: *****<\/p>\n Calling all Londoners! *****<\/p>\n Calling all food writers! *****<\/p>\n Calling all wannabe chefs! *****<\/p>\n Calling all philanthropists\/celeb stalkers! *****<\/p>\n \u00a0Video of the week:
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/a>This week McDonald’s has become one of the first fast food restaurants to show the calories on its m<\/a>enu. Paul Gately, a professor of exercise and obesity, suggested it would help those who “were trying to make healthy choices”. Surely if you were trying to make healthy choices, McDonald’s\u00a0wouldn’t be your first port of call at lunchtime, would it Paul?<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/a>Experts in Brussels have \u00a0urged people to eat insects as a vital source of nutrition<\/a> during a food shortage. The EC has put \u00a32.6m into a project to get locusts and scorpions into our diet. Professor Marcel Dicke (really) told the Sunday Times that by 2020 there will be insects in supermarkets. I know Stefan Gates<\/a> will be thrilled – will you?<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/a>The Good Food Guide has banned the use of the word ‘gastropub’<\/a> in its latest edition because it is “too commonly used”. Consultant for the guide Elizabeth Carter said that “customers are getting bored” of the term after too many chains jumping on the bandwagon. Granted it’s not a great word, but this seems rather brutal treatment of what can be a useful term.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong>* Desire for healthier ice cream<\/a> feeds gelato obsession.
\n* A third of EU eggs breaks rules<\/a>.
\n* Attack of the takeaway<\/a>.
\n* Richard Corrigan buys 30-acre estate<\/a> in Ireland to grow produce for his restaurants.
\n* Scotland’s ‘larder’ makes \u00a333m a day<\/a>.
\n* Google buys Zagat<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong>* A brilliant argument in favour of boxed wine<\/a>, by Oliver Thring.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong>* The talented and might I say rather lovely Rosie Hogg is running Saturday workshops at Books for Cooks<\/a>. First one tomorrow.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong>* If you fancy making some films about food, have a look here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong>Apply for the Cordon Bleu scholarship<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong>* A charity gives people the opportunity to meet their heroes one-to-one. Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong>* Is farming the way forward in a recession?<\/p>\n