Presenter Kevin McCloud clashes with couple who convert 17th-century flour mill on Grand Designs

Presenter Kevin McCloud clashed with a couple who transformed a derelict 17th century flour mill into a three-bed home for £300,000 on Grand Designs – as they admitted to not giving a ‘t***’ about what outsiders think.  Leigh and Richard, who until recently lived in Derbyshire, where they ran a small plant nursery and Richard was … Read more

Grand Designs: Couple want to transform 17th century flour mill into a three-bed home

A couple who want to transform a derelict 17th-century flour mill into a contemporary, three-bedroom home run into financial issues when the true extent of the damage to the structure is revealed on Grand Designs tonight.  Leigh and Richard, who until recently lived in Derbyshire, where they ran a small plant nursery and Richard was a … Read more

From flour to bananas and potato chips: Home cooks list the items you didn’t know you could freeze

From flour to bananas and even potato chips: Home cooks list the items you didn’t know you could freeze Parents around Australia have shared the unlikely items they tend to freeze  Commenting on Facebook, mums admitted to freezing flour, avocado and herbs Other food buys included cookie dough, lemon juice, nuts, corn and garlic   By … Read more

White bread rolls made with flour from CHICKPEAS slashes blood sugar by 40%

White bread rolls made with flour from CHICKPEAS slashes blood sugar levels by 40% and could stave off type 2 diabetes and obesity, study finds Scientists made a new ingredient called PulseON from chickpeas  This features starch which is much harder for the human body to digest     30 or 60 per cent of wheat flour was … Read more

Supermarkets stock up on flour as Waitrose boss slams panic buyers

Shops have brought in extra stocks of flour to see fans of The Great British Bake Off through potential outbreaks of lockdown panic buying. The return of the popular TV programme is expected to inspire a new wave of enthusiasm for home baking. But fears of further lockdowns have raised the prospect of a shortage … Read more

Putting folic acid in flour in Britain will save 400 babies each year, scientists say

Putting folic acid in flour in Britain will save 400 babies each year, scientists say after move was introduced in 80 other countries If woman lacks folic acid when she conceives it increases risk of brain deformity The deficiency also hugely raises the risk of a baby being born with spina bifida Leading experts have … Read more

Domesday Book-era water mills crank back to life in meeting demand for flour during Covid crisis

Two water mills that date back to Englan’s early Norman era are both battling around the clock to meet the demand for flour during Britain’s coronavirus crisis. Grade II listed Charlecote Mill, in Stratford-upon-Avon, which dates back to 1068 – just two years after the Battle of Hastings – and Sturminster Newton Mill, in Dorset, … Read more

White flour is healthier now than it was in the 1800s thanks to cross-breeding

White flour is healthier now than in the 1800s thanks to genetic scientists developing new strains of wheat that are higher in fibre and other vital nutrients Researchers studied varieties of white flour that were grown from 1790 to 2012  They found modern varieties of flour are higher in dietary fibre and nutrients  The team say … Read more