links for 2007-01-10

BBC New Talent - Under 16s - Can You Cook It? Heston Blumenthal info [1]

Heston Blumenthal was on Blue Peter (a UK kid's show) today, to promote a cooking contest for children. Here's a child-friendly Q and A with him.

(tags: hestonblumenthal [2] chefs [3] uk [4] bbc [5] foodtv [6])
UK supermarket Sainsburys introduces a new lower-fat avocado [7]

The Frias avocado is supposed to have substantially less fat content than the normal Hass type (the one with the black knobbly skin). I wonder if it still has that creamy unctuous texture.

(tags: supermarkets [8] uk [4] vegetables [9] foodbusiness [10] agriculture [11] avocado [12])
BBC NEWS | Health | How spicy foods can kill cancers [13]

"They found capsaicin, an ingredient of jalapeno peppers, triggers cancer cell death by attacking mitochondria - the cells' energy-generating boiler rooms." All hail the hot chili pepper.

(tags: foodscience [14] health [15] spicy [16] peppers [17] vegetables [9])

Links:
[1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/newtalent/under_16/canyoucookit/heston.shtml
[2] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/hestonblumenthal
[3] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/chefs
[4] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/uk
[5] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/bbc
[6] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/foodtv
[7] http://www.j-sainsburys.co.uk/index.asp?PageID=422&subsection=&Year=2007&NewsID=833
[8] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/supermarkets
[9] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/vegetables
[10] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/foodbusiness
[11] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/agriculture
[12] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/avocado
[13] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6244715.stm
[14] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/foodscience
[15] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/health
[16] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/spicy
[17] http://del.icio.us/justhungry/peppers