This documentary was part of the Sydney Film Festival 2015. It follows some food bloggers who fly around the world with the express purpose of dining at the most expensive restaurants, eg. Noma. They get selfies with celebrity chefinators, and take photos of the (usually small) objets d’art which are about to be wolfed down […]
I have recently read The Tastemakers; Why We’re Crazy for Cupcakes but fed up with Fondue by David Sax. Here’s a very long quote from this book (p282-286) which encapsulates its intention, and sums up the whole issue: At their worst, food trends can be annoyingly shallow. They may start out as individual expressions of […]
This book was chosen for the Slow Food Sydney Book Group. We can’t say we enjoyed it, but everyone thought it was scary because the various food safety authorities seem to wave through food products as safe. Here’s what is written on the fly-leaf: Don’t trust those upbeat claims you see on food packaging. Behind […]