News and Views
2007
The Fairtrade Cookbook has been maintained, but not dramatically improved during 2007.
The author(s) are / have been distracted by the celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Slave Trade.
Normal service will be resumed eventually.
However, tried and tested Fairtrade Cookbook recipes were used for the SuperGran 90th birthday celebrations.
August 2006
A major re-structure of the website took place giving:
Improved coding of Fair Trade Content
14th January 2006
Lots of new recipes were added in 2005.
Lots of recipes were improved during 2005.
Improvements came both from the master tester Ross, and from the webmaster.
Universal praise came from superGran (aged 87)
who never ceases to be amazed at the constant stream of new foods and new recipes,
and new combinations. High praise indeed.
New and improved totalled 171 recipes in 2005.
January 2005.
"Dish of the week" has been introduced on the home page.
Over Christmas we explored old and tried new,
and so lots more recipes are now available.
The alphabetic index (the master list)
is now getting too big for comfort and will need chopping into separate pages
next time I get some time.
2004
Two major re-structures occured in 2004. As well as loads of new recipes.
23-April 2003
Why a Fair Trade Cook Book?
Food is one of the great pleasures in life and for us, the Church family, a binding force. Whenever we are together mealtime is sacrosanct. We always sit down and eat together. We have always had an eye to different cultures and places although we have never actually strayed much further than the borders of Europe. The differences and similarities in cuisine we find fascinating, so we happily experiment with different tastes and textures. We have tried (nearly) every recipe in this little book, and each one tried has passed the teenager's test of being "good to eat when you are hungry".
And what to drink?
Well, I claim no expertise other than being able to tell what I like and what I don't.
The best wine with our food is German Reisling.
There is a little vineyard called Altenkirch (literally "old-church")
in a village called Lorch in the Rhine valley. Stefan Breuer is your man, and
Weingut Altenkirch
is his vineyard and website.
We have the intention of sampling foods from as many different countries as possible,
and right now only a few countries are represented in the cook book.
We will be adding more, so if you would like updates to this little cook book, please let me know.
And if you have a favourite recipe for inclusion . . .
We wish to develop Fair Trade and so almost every recipe contains
Fairly Traded products.
Sometimes this is just black peppercorns.
Fair Trade products should be used at every possible opportunity.
To find your nearest Fair Trade shop, consult the
BAFTS website.
We make no apology for the emphasis on Fair Trade.
So many people in the "developing world" have so little
that it is a moral imperative to support their livelihood
in such a simple manner as buying Fair Trade produce.
It also makes sense to support the UK alternative trading system.
Small wholefood shops and Farmers Markets provide high quality produce
which go well with the recipes in this cook book.
The other reason for this little book is to be a simple place
where "the kids" can go for basic instructions on cooking simple everyday meals.
A sort of
student survival guide . . .
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