LONDON, April 25/PRNewswire/ -- UK Restaurants join forces to mark Save Our Bacon National Restaurant Week (Monday 28th April-Sunday 4th May). From top London venues such as The Ivy and St John, to country pubs and cafés, hundreds of chefs will be putting special British pork dishes on menus.

Waitrose Food Illustrated magazine's Save Our Bacon campaign highlights the problems facing British pig farmers, who currently lose GBP26 on every pig sold.

"We've all got to take responsibility for the great British pig," says chef Fergus Henderson. Fergus is putting a Gloucester Old Spot bacon sandwich on the menu at St John.

Celebrity chefs backing Save Our Bacon National Restaurant Week include Michelin-starred chefs Tom Aikens, Heston Blumenthal, Raymond Blanc, Angela Hartnett.

SAN DIEGO, California, April 5/PRNewswire/ --

- Research Presented at the International Experimental Biology Meeting Provides Insights as to Why Almonds May Help Reduce the Risk of Heart Disease Beyond Their Valuable Role in Lowering Cholesterol

Looking for foods that can help reduce the risk of heart disease? Consider the latest almond nutrition research presented at the annual Experimental Biology meeting. This research highlights a number of reasons almonds, beyond their cholesterol-lowering effect, play an integral role in heart health. And, new research shows they even have potential to improve gut health - indicating almonds are a simple snack choice that can make a healthy difference.

LONDON, February 13/PRNewswire/ --

- William Curley 'Chuao' Ganache Voted Best Filled Chocolate

- Amedei Toscano 63% Receives 'Golden Bean' for Best Bean to Chocolate

The winners of the Academy of Chocolate Awards for 2008 are announced today and UK chocolatier William Curley has won an impressive number of medals. These included a spectacular 4 Golds in the Best Filled Chocolate category with his Chuao filled chocolate scoring highest, and the only 2 Golds in the Best Dark Chocolate Bar category. The judges were particularly impressed by his Japanese Black Vinegar ganache and his Sesame ganache.

LONDON, January 23/PRNewswire/ -- Dr Judith Bryans, Director of The Dairy Council said: "We are pleased to see that the government report on obesity released today highlighted both food and physical activity. Very often the physical activity aspect of obesity is ignored, but in order to adequately address the issue of obesity both aspects must be given equal importance. Although food is part of the equation, we must be careful to ensure that the public is educated about portion sizes and the importance of eating from all of the food groups, including dairy, in order to stay healthy as well as achieve and maintain a healthy weight."
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Source: The Dairy Council

Press Contact: Jesse Youmans, Press & Communications Manager, The Dairy Council, Tel: +44-(0)20-7395-4030, Mobile: +44-7887788558

LONDON, January 23/PRNewswire/ -- Caterersearch.com (http://www.caterersearch.com) publishes an exclusive webcast with writer and broadcaster Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall in which he urges consumers to switch to free range chicken.

The River Cottage chef whose campaign against intensive farming on Channel 4 has driven nationwide debate over the past fortnight invited the Caterer team to his home so he could extend his appeal to the hospitality and food service operators.

He tells Caterersearch.com's sister magazine Caterer and Hotelkeeper "Cheap chicken has become a bread-and-butter product in the catering industry because a lot of outlets expect to make quite a big margin on it."

"It's one thing to challenge individual consumers to give up intensively reared chicken but it's also an issue where anyone in the business of selling chicken has to take a stand," he said.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH News Release issued by The Government News Network on 23 January 2008
EXTRA £372 MILLION INCREASES OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL TO MAKE HEALTHIER CHOICES

A new £372 million cross-government strategy to help everyone lead healthier lives was published today by the Health Secretary, Alan Johnson and the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Ed Balls.

The Government's groundbreaking strategy supports the creation of a healthy society - from early years, to schools and food, from sport and physical activity to planning, transport and the health service.

It will bring together employers, individuals and communities to promote children's health and healthy food; build physical activity into our lives; support health at work; and provide incentives more widely to promote health. It will also provide effective treatment and support when people
become overweight or obese.

Red State Blue State Analysis by America's Largest Pasta Maker Indicates Republicans Prefer Spaghetti, While Democrats Prefer Macaroni

 Massachusetts Voters Cross Party Lines

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- You can tell a person's politics by the cut of his pasta, at least according to a recent red state vs. blue state analysis by American Italian Pasta Company, the largest producer of pasta in North America. Democrats, data shows, lean towards elbow macaroni, while Republicans tend to prefer long spaghetti.