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Cookbook of the week – Appetite –  With his unique blend of simplicity, wit and relish Nigel Slater shows us how to break the rules, experiment with recipes and satisfy our appetites. There are brilliant templates for a large range of classic dishes and hundreds of ideas for how you might adapt each dish to produce something quite different. A celebration of uncomplicated cooking, good ingredients and the joys of eating, this is Slater’s most exciting book yet”. Click here to read more.

Our food article of the week – Is organic produce no better for you than conventionally grown foods? That’s what a new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests. Researchers looked at 50 years of data from a variety of sources to come to this conclusion, saying that they found no significant differences in most nutrients, including vitamin C, calcium, and iron. Personally, this won’t stop me from cooking with mainly organic produce. For one thing, more and better studies are needed. Not to mention that I’d rather not eat food that’s grown in depleted, chemically-enhanced soil and drenched in pesticides. The health of the planet seems like something worth considering, too.-Victoria von Biel-Saveur

Our favourite ingredient – Cocoa butter – is the natural fat extracted from the cacao bean. Also known as oil of theobroma, cocoa butter is slightly yellowish in colour, and while it is extracted from chocolate, it has a bland taste and only a faint chocolate smell. It is edible and is used in making white chocolate and certain confections, but has many uses beyond the kitchen.The most desirable quality of cocoa butter is its stability as a fat containing natural antioxidants that also preserve it well. Click here to read more

Food quote of the week: – Vegetables are a must on a diet.  I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie. ~Jim Davis

Food tip of the week: – Tamarind pulp –  has more sugar and fruit acid per volume than any other fruit. It is also an ingredient in Worcestershire sauce

Recipe of the week – Crème caramels

The Wickedfood Team

Wickedfood Cooking School runs cooking classes throughout the year at its purpose-built cooking studios. Classes are run in the mornings and evenings 7 days a week (subject to a minimum of 12 people). The venue is also popular for corporate events and private functions – team building cooking classes, birthdays, kitchen teas, and dinner parties with a difference.

Our classes are hands-on, where every person gets to participate in the preparation of the dishes. They are also a lot of fun where you not only learn new skills, but get to meet people with similar interests. For corporate groups and teambuilding cooking classes these events are a novel way of creating staff interaction or entertaining clients.