THE CAKE AND BAKE Show will return to ExCeL this autumn, complete with all the ingredients to whip up its eighth show-stopping year. A collection of the nation’s best loved bakers, TV personalities, experts and big-name baking brands will come ...
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Seeing the wood for the trees
THE AUGUST issue of The Voice – online magazine of the East London Garden Society (ELGS) is out, bringing the area’s gardeners the usual mix of know-how and debate. The major news is a move to establish a five mile ...
Read More »Asda recalls cereal bars in salmonella scare
ASDA HAS recalled its Cranberry and Nut cereal bars. The product has been removed from stores and customers who have purchased the bars and not yet consumed them have been asked to return them to an Asda store. The affected ...
Read More »Budding food growers are welcome at spring gathering
TOWER HAMLETS is full of thriving food growers – but there’s still plenty of space for new enthusiasts to join the old hands and talk about seasonal food-growing issues. The Tower Hamlets Food Growing Network is holding its Spring Gathering ...
Read More »Allery alert: Asda recalls dauphinoise potatoes
SOME BATCHES of Asda own brand Dauphinoise Potatoes have been found to contain cauliflower cheese. The potato dish does not usually contain gluten – but the cauliflower cheese does. As a result of the error, there is no mention on ...
Read More »Food Growing Summer Gathering on Saturday
COME AND HAVE a plant-based fun day out on Saturday, 18th August at the Tower Hamlets Food Growing Network Summer Gathering. The event is being held at the Barkantine Hall, E14 8SJ, on the Isle of Dogs and kicks off ...
Read More »John Biggs tells us to make small changes
TOWER HAMLETS Executive Mayor John Biggs has taken a break from the big decisions involved in running a London borough and is now advising residents how to organise their food shopping and storage to save themselves money. The Executive Mayor ...
Read More »Sugar tax is here – but will it cut obesity?
FROM TODAY – Friday, 6th April – there will be an extra tax on soft drinks which contain high levels of added sucrose (sugar). The tax has been put in place to reduce childhood obesity – but will it work? The ...
Read More »April Voice warns of eucalyptus tree danger
IS YOUR EUCALYPTUS about to explode? Or on the point of poisoning some four-legged friends? This month’s Voice, newsletter of the East London Garden Society (ELGS), warns the tree could pack a bigger punch than you might expect. Not many ...
Read More »Has KFC had its chips?
THE CHIPS WERE DOWN at Kentucky Friend Chicken (KFC) outlets across the UK yesterday – but it wasn’t the fault of their potatoes. Over 450 KFC outlets were closed for business as they couldn’t get any chicken. Thousands of disgruntled ...
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