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As part of our ongoing commitment at Scoop to showcase the great work dietitians do and the power of volunteerism, we asked our Sub of the Month to report on two, highly valuable programs focused on healthy food for all. About our expert: Tiffany Williams is a final year nutrition and dietetics student...

It’s Recipe ReDux time again and the theme is exploring the North American Spring harvest – spring onions, pea sprouts, asparagus, rhubarb – you get the picture.  As we head into the cooler months Down Under slow pot roasts, baked apples and aromatic spices are more in my head space. ...

We kick off month 3 of the Recipe Redux, the first recipe challenge by registered dietitians, with the theme of frozen desserts.  Now I don’t mind one little bit that we are still in the colds of winter, while my colleagues in the USA sweat it out in Summer.  You see I love a cold dessert all...

As we kick off Valentine’s Day the tweets are flying fast with foodie indulgences and tales of romantic dinners.  It’s one of those special nights of the year when richness reins supreme and chefs can show their superior handy work and food nouse from quinelles to chanterelles.  But as...

My daughter Miss 8′s first post on Must read cookbooks for kids was so popular, we just had to have her back for another go.  And with Junior Masterchef hotting up in Australia, there’s bound to be a surge in sales of their branded cooking kits for kids.  Did I really see that one of the...

Ok, ok, I’ve put up with the nagging for close to six months.  My Miss 8 has been hounding me to let her guest post since we launched The Scoop on Nutrition and I’ve simply run out of excuses. Those of you who follow me on Twitter will know that she is a budding Junior Masterchef.  So...

How do you spot progress?  Well, you look back at the past and compare with the present of course.  And with food and nutrition it’s easy to assume that everything in the good ol’ days was better, when we were fitter and leaner and lived like hunter gatherers.  But what about winding...