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Top 10 facts about bread

July 16th, 2015 by

In July, wrapped and sliced bread celebrated its inception. Initially there was an outcry – the bread would go stale more quickly, people wanted the right to choose how to slice their loaf. Soon though it won favour. And when it was stopped during the second World War to conserve the metal for the war […]

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The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread

July 9th, 2015 by

Apparently the phrase ‘the best thing since sliced bread’ is a hangover from World War II when, in an effort to save much needed metal, the US Government stopped bakeries from using machines to slice bread and instead reverted to selling unsliced loaves. This was so unpopular with the nation that after just 2 months […]

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Healthy and balanced diets

Sliced bread with caution tape

July 1st, 2015 by

The plethora of dietary advice is overwhleming. There’s sugar-free; wheat-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, carb-free; casein-free to name but a few. And even within the same publication – often in the same issue – the advice can be contradictory. So what is a girl to do? We want to be healthy – take care of our bodies […]

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