BRITAIN / CULTURE

Taste the World at Womad 2023

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Taste the World is a space where musicians playing on the main stages at Womad are invited to come and have an informal chat as they cook a dish from their homeland interspersed with singing a few songs.

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CULTURE / FOOD

Gift or Burden | The French Refugee Food Festival

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Every year, On June 20th, restaurants throughout France open their kitchens to migrant chefs, allowing customers to sample dishes from countries whose cuisine they may not normally taste.

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FOOD / HEALTH

Christmas Spices

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Christmas food includes herbs and spices in abundance but did you know that many culinary spices have therapeutic value too?

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FOOD / HEALTH

How to look after yourself in the Winter

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For some reason, the naturopathic idea that raw is good seems to have taken off in the West. On the surface, it makes total sense. Raw is fresh and nutrient rich so that can only be good, right? Well yes and no.

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HEALTH

Balancing food & exercise

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It can be tempting, as a gym member, to believe that it is possible to work off the effects of what we eat once we get through the gym doors. But the relationship between diet and exercise is not so conveniently balanced.

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HEALTH

Habits…the good, the bad and the ugly

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There’s a lot of wisdom in the old adage “Early to bed, early to rise”. The Ayurvedic view on this is very clear. It is best to take our guidelines from nature.

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