Tag: Food
Babette’s Feast
“Digs in to every food-lover’s favourite film. This slender treat nourishes with every page – with never a hint of a recipe.” – Financial Times
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The UK’s shaky diet plan
It seems fitting that a government lacking in substance is now urging the nation to lose some of its own. But its strategy for weight loss it has a basic and fatal flaw: it doesn’t work.
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Babette’s Feast: the ultimate lockdown movie
The film shows us how lockdown and restrictions on what we can eat are opportunities to appreciate the value of food even more. When we care about what we eat and pay more attention to it, we can achieve more with less.
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No quick fix for the obesity crisis
The heart of the problem is that we seek legislation to micromanage the food economy and people’s diets when both operate in more complex, holistic ways. That does not mean we can’t do anything at all. But it does mean we have to avoid the temptation of quick, easy wins and work to overhaul the wider causes and context of bad eating
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