Delicious UK - (02)February 2020

ThefirstepisodeofJuliaChild’s

TheFrenchChefaired,inwhich

the Americancookmadeboeuf

bourguignonliveonTV.Herbig

breakcamewhilepromotingher

cookbookona TVstation,when

insteadofansweringquestions

seated,shedidsowhilemaking

an omelette...Viewerslovedit.→

1709

1963

IN THISMONTH...

QueenMary1 of

Englandwasborn.

She reignedfrom

1553 toherdeath

in 1558,during

whichtimeshehad

hundredsofProtestantdissenters

burnedatthestake,earningherthe

nicknameBloodyMary.Thesame

namewaslaterusedfora cocktail.

ScottishsailorAlexanderSelkirkwas

rescuedfromanuninhabitedisland

in theSouthPacific.Hewasmarooned

followinga fightwithhiscaptain,and

inspiredDanielDefoe’snovelRobinson

Crusoe– thetaleofanadventurer

strandedona desertislandwho

lived ongoat,grapesandturtleeggs.

Paul Bocusew

Collonges-au-

France.Thele

chef becameo

foundersofnou

cuisine– andthe

d’Or chefchampions

namedafterhimhasbec

one oftheworld’smostprestigious.

Causinga stir: plant-based ‘milk’

NEWSFLASH!

RealBreadWeekreturnsthis

yearfrom 22 Februaryto

1 March,championingthe

importanceofindependent

artisanbakeriesandadditive

freebread,plusthesocialand

therapeuticbenefitsofbaking.

Lookoutforthecampaign’s

LoafMarkwhenshopping

(indicatingbreadismadewithout

processingaidsorartificial

ingredients)andfindclasses

andbreadyactivitiesnearyou

atsustainweb.org/realbread/

events

REBELRECIPES

Vegancookbookshavebeenhugehits

inrecentyears,andRebelRecipes, the

debutfromfoodbloggerNikiWebster,is

easilyoneofourfavourites.Thefood

isbrightandvibrant(helpedalongby

KrisKirkham’sphotographs),andthe

recipesarecreativeandgenerous.

BloomsburyAbsolute£

HOTNEWCOOKBOOK

*SOURCE: MINTEL.C

OM. FIGURES SHOWN ARE CHANGES

IN UK BY-VOLUME

SALES BETWEEN

2016 AND

2018. 
      

COW’S

MILK

FIGURE

INCLUDES

CONVENTIONAL,

FILTERED,

ORGANIC

AND

REDUCED

LACTOSE

VARIETIES

WORDS: RACHEL WALKER, PHOEBE

STONE, SUSAN LOW.

PHOTOGRAPHS AND ILLUSTRATIONS: J C

CAMDAMEDO, ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES

‘Moo-less’ milk is on the rise, according to Mintel, with

almost a quarter of Brits now buying cow’s milk alternatives.

The chart below shows how our tastes have risen and fallen.

Despite their growing popularity, plant ‘milks’ accounted

for just four per cent of sales by volume of milk in 2018*.

3%

10%

16%

71%

2.6%

SOYA MILK UP

ALMOND

MILK UP

COW’S

MILK DOWN

COCONUT

MILK UP

OAT MILK UP

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