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Author, Joanna Blythman photographed in her Edinburgh home. Pics Alan Peebles

Joanna Blythman’s Blog – Morrisons’ GM Muck Up

Tara May 8, 2012

Morrisons’ rearguard decision to allow its farmers to use GM feed looks spectacularly ill-informed and dumb, when Carrefour labels own-label meat and dairy products as GM animal feed-free, or ‘Nourri sans OGM’. If the world’s second largest retailer can guarantee … Continue reading →

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Joanna Blythman’s Blog – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?

samshone March 23, 2012

The supper club has risen like a phoenix from the ashes of the dinner party. Up and down the land, people are welcoming paying strangers into their homes to dine. And with Rachel Khoo’s Little Paris Kitchen airing on BBC … Continue reading →

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How the Sugar Lobby Muzzles Journalists, by Joanna Blythman

samshone March 5, 2012

I have received the inevitable letter from a body that calls itself Sugar Nutrition UK, from its Nutrition Communication Manager, a Dr Mary Harrington. She is perplexed by statements about the impact of sugar on health that I made in … Continue reading →

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Early reviews for ‘What to Eat’ by Joanna Blythman

samshone February 20, 2012

Publishing next month, we have already received some wonderful praise for Joanna Blythman’s new book, ‘What to Eat: Food that’s good for your health, pocket and plate‘. ‘Joanna Blythman has one of the sanest food heads in the Western World – … Continue reading →

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Joanna Blythman’s Blog – Bring Back Butchers

samshone February 14, 2012

I’m right behind the Meat Crusade, the new campaign to save our high street butchers. They have been haemorrhaging of late, and not because someone’s hand slipped with the cleaver. There were some 22,000 traditional butchers shops in Britain in … Continue reading →

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Joanna Blythman’s Blog: Daylight Robbery

samshone January 18, 2012

When it comes to fruit and vegetable consumption, Britain comes near the bottom of the league, ranking 14th out of 19 countries in a review of eating habits. According to the not-for-profit European Food Information Council, we typically eat about … Continue reading →

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Joanna Blythman’s blog: Palestinian photographer censored

samshone December 20, 2011

Until last week, the talented, internationally recognised Palestinian photographer, Larissa Sansour, was one of eight hopeful artists shortlisted for the 2012 €25,000 Lacoste Elysée Prize, awarded by the Swiss Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland. Now the eponymous fashion label … Continue reading →

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Joanna Blythman’s Blog: What’s lurking in your Christmas Pudding?

samshone December 8, 2011

Joanna Blythman, award winning food journalist, blogs for 4thEstate.co.uk Apologies in advance for disturbing the cordiality of the festive season, but beware the ingredients in your shop-bought Christmas cake. Not just those tooth-cracking, ‘edible’ silver ball decorations either, it’s the … Continue reading →

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Joanna Blythman’s Blog: Food v Film? No Contest

samshone December 8, 2011

Joanna Blythman, award-winning food journalist and writer, blogs for 4thEstate.co.uk OK, I probably think about food more than 99 per cent of the population, but some other things are sacred, and film is one of them. The Odeon at Whiteleys … Continue reading →

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Joanna Blythman on Panorama

samshone December 7, 2011

On Monday 5th December, food journalist and 4th Estate author Joanna Blythman took part in a BBC Panorama show investigating supermarkets’ discounting claims. The BBC says: “Sophie Raworth takes her trolley round the aisles of Britain’s biggest supermarket chains and reveals some … Continue reading →

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