Ingredients: 500 gm. Strong white flour 1 teacup warm water 2-3 tbsp. cooking oil 1 cm. fresh yeast 2 to 3 tbsp. natural yoghurt 1 tbsp. kalonji (onion seeds) 1 tsp. salt Method: 1) Sift the flour in a large bowl and add all the ingredients. 2) Mix the dough and add water until it...
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History of Shrove Tuesday, known as Pancake Day
Written by: Saad, Lauren and Josh Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Day as it is more commonly known, is the day before Ash Wednesday, when Christians give up something they enjoy for Lent, which is the period before Easter. Pancakes were traditionally eaten because Christians used up their eggs, milk and sugar before fasting during Lent....
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Experiencing Bolton Market
Written by Becky, Connor, Jack and Saad. Located in the centre of Bolton, you will find the atmospheric, bustling and colourful Bolton Market. We found an array of stalls ranging from fresh food to technological devices. We loved the colourful stalls that included exotic fruits and vegetables, such as white pomelo and karela. This place...
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A Taste of Bolton
On Wednesday 13th November, Bolton College hosted ‘A Taste of Bolton: Master Chef Cook-off’, organised by the group ‘Women in Neighbourhoods’. Teams in three categories – Students, Community & Business – competed for the top prizes for Recipe & Taste and for Presentation of Food. The event was organised by Gulnaz Brennan, Chair of Women in...
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Food for Foodies
Food for Foodies: Submit your favourite recipe and be part of Community Closing date : ongoing
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M&S VITAMIN D adding to their BREAD
Marks and Spencer is to become the first UK retailer to add Vitamin D to all of its packaged bread products. We manufacture most of our own Vitamin D via the action of sunlight on our skin, though other natural sources include oily fish and eggs and it is added to some cereals, yoghurts and...
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Fruit sugars food cravings ‘may worsen ‘
Researchers in the USA have found that fructose, the sugar found in fruit, can increase craving for high calorie foods. In a small study, volunteers consumed a sugary drink containing fructose one day and one containing glucose on another. Brain scans showed that they reacted more strongly to pictures of food after eating the fructose...
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Pepsi and the artificial sweetener
The artificial sweetener aspartame is being removed from Diet Pepsi in the USA, amid consumer concerns about its safety. Aspartame has been controversial since it was first introduced in the 1980s, despite being one of the most studied and tested of food additives. An Italian study in 2005 claimed to have shown that rats...
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My Food, My Soul – by Pracheta Vats
[metaslider id=”615″] Mrs Meena Sharma – Housewife When I start talking about food , I fall short of words. I get lost in a place that is everlasting and perennial source of pure delight. For me food is a pleasure that I cherish. From traditional Indian delicacies to French deserts , from Chinese to...
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Bolton Food & Drink Festival 2018
Nadiya Hussain, James Martin, Ainsley Harriott and Michael Caines will headline Bolton Food and Drink Festival 2018. The festival, organised in association with Aldi, is back for its 13th year and is set to be bigger and better than ever. The four day extravaganza, which this year runs from August 24 to 27, welcomed 267,000...