
I call this little experiment the cocoa coefficient, or the cocoafficient, if you like. Just a little thought exercise in exploring the biodiversity and growing conditions of a plant changing its flavour, nutrition, aroma, even appearance. Chocolate, coffee, hops, olive oil and wine are all perfect examples of how biodiversity is expressed in taste.…

Blood oranges, the one that got away. The season is a welcome, yet fleeting, breath of fresh air in the dark tunnel-vision of February. With hues ranging from a glorious crimson to barely blushing pink, they’re a sweet and refreshing lifeline; here to pull us through the last few weeks until we see the…