Monthly Archives: May 2021

The course Ludlow, Shropshire, is a town renowned for its gourmet fare but I went there for food of a different order. In June this year, I attended a week-long course at the UK Centre for Living Foods. Hosted by naturopath Elaine Bruce, it was a memorable immersion in the power of raw living foods […]

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Physically active children perform better academically, according to an article chez Dr Mercola. Exercise boosts brain function. And it needn’t cost a bean! 🙂

The gorgeous re-Vamp-ed Hopsack is as much a pleasure trove as a house of health: our saintly provisions have been flirting with the dark side, creating luscious liquids to reward Santa & Co. for stuffing themselves down the chimney! Whiskey and carrots are banned, though. We know where they end up. Instead, we’ve been playing […]

Well to anyone who hasn’t noticed a slight change in the appearance of The Hopsack over the last few days – glasses won’t do it, laser surgery is clearly on the cards. Â Over Saturday night and Sunday morning we stripped out the shop and moved lock, stock and home-brew barrel across the mall to […]

October is orange. Orange fruit, orange leaves, orange gourds: not the Glorious Twelfth but Hallowe'en, when jack-o'-lanterns glare and witches scream…! (I'm s-s-scared!) Pumpkins belong to the cucurbit family and are cousins to melons, marrows and cucumbers. They are high in fibre, antioxidants, vitamins C and E, magnesium, potassium, carotenoids and zinc. Their soft texture […]