Archive for August, 2006

Coke for breakfast

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

I took this photo on the train into work one morning. Someone was drinking Coca Cola, presumably for breakfast. However, drinking Coca Cola at any time of day is bad enough, not only for its horrendous chemical properties (have you seen how shiny it makes your loo bowl??) but also for the company’s most unethical practices, syphoning off irrigation water in India for one and also reports of the company using Indians and others as ‘guinea pigs’ to test human tolerance for pesticide chemicals.

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White Nancy

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006
One of my favourite cheeses. Newly discovered at Salisbury Farmers’ Market, White Lake Cheeses of Shepton Mallet specialise in excelling themselves in cheesecraft of the highest calibre. From their 600 goats, amongst which British Alpines, Toggenburgs, Saanens and Nubians the milk is tranformed into this most brilliant of foods.

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