My first memory of falling in love with food was as a young child on my first trip to Italy. Good tasting food has always surrounded me, and was a given, as I was brought up in a classic Italian home. My mother’s kitchen was her universe, cooking was her way of expressing herself and showering love on me and my sister. Although I didn’t know it at the time, food was more than just a basic human need for me, it was a direct cultural connection, which defined me.
One of the trade-offs of living in city like Sydney is knowing your produce is non local but did you know 80% of your total food intake is from out of state or country?
- The following piece is meant to inform, not to scare. I wholeheartedly believe that although the structure of our food supply is not near perfect, it’s still safe for human consumption. Toxins are everywhere, the air we breathe in urban environments, in the water we drink and also present in the food we consume. Everyday environmental toxins are an unavoidable part of modern existence. The question is, what levels of toxicity are safe for us and further, is there anything we can do to make our consumption safer. Herbicides and Insecticides The scientific community is divided as to whether the introduction of chemicals, such as herbicides, pesticides and insecticides, affect the safety of our produce for human consumption. These...
