Foodie

Another festive season is upon us, and as we are wont to do at the end of every year, we look back at all the articles that went up in 2019 and we snuffle out our five favourite foodie knowledge nuggets.

1. Berry Berry Good for You – The Benefits of Superfood Berries

Saveur is a gourmet, food, wine and travel magazine that focuses on global cuisine. Considered one of the most respected publications in the culinary world, it annually rates the world’s best food blogs, and this year finalists flew in from as far afield as India, Belgium and Denmark to spend three days in Cincinnati, Ohio whilst the winners were decided.

While the exact origin of April Fools’ Day is unknown – some say it has something to do with switching from the Julian to Gregorian calendar, others say it’s related to the arrival of spring – the first recorded association between April 1st and foolishness was in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales in 1392. Over the centuries, April Fools has grown in popularity and today the media take great delight in pulling pranks on an unsuspecting public.