World’s 7 most powerful foodies

Coconut Semolina Macaroons with Nutella

Food Diary (November 09, 2011)

Breakfast: Rolled oats with banana, sunflower seeds and flax seeds

Lunch: Spinach and rice

Dinner: Oat sourdough with lentil spread

Baking/sweets: Coconut Semolina Macaroons with Nutella, coconut cookies

First of all a small confession. The macaroons don’t contain Nutella. The ‘thing’ in the photo is Nöt-Crème which is a Swedish product similar to Nutella. I haven’t tasted Nutella and Nöt-Crème side by side but I would say Nöt-Crème is better because it has higher hazelnut content. I know most of you are probably Nutella fans and probably have never heard of Nöt-Crème. Just to keep peace, I will say that Nutella is also good but not better than Nöt-Créme.

Anyway, now that the Nutella issue is sorted, lets move on to the main item, the macaroons. The macaroons are light, crunchy and chewy. Semolina gives it a nice crunch. It is not overly sweet. 

As you can guess from the photos I was in a great hurry to test drive these macaroons, hence the reason I didn't decorate the macaroons neatly with Nöt-Crème. Next time I will be more patient and try to make these macaroons look prettier. They tasted delicious though. The recipe is available here.


And this has nothing to do with macaroons.

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Michael Pollan has compiled his own list of the world’s 7 most powerful foodies. The list is US centred and features names that I would have never guessed. The list may surprise you if you were expecting to see food bloggers. The 7 foodies are:

1. Michelle Obama: Her Let's Move campaign has moved the food issue to the top of the national agenda, shining a bright light on the links between childhood obesity and America's fast food diet.

2. Marion Nestle, Professor, New York University: She is an indispensible voice on the problems of the American diet and their roots in industry marketing and government policy. I don’t think she is related to the food giant

3. Josh Viertel, President, Slow Food USA: He has moved the American wing of this international organization front and center on questions of access and policy, while continuing to celebrate the cultural and biological diversity of our food traditions

4. Will Allen, Urban Farmer: His Growing Power farm in Milwaukee has demonstrated that urban agriculture has the potential to bring not only good food to the inner city but good jobs as well

5. Jack Sinclair, Head of Grocery, Wal-Mart: He buys more food than anyone in America. He's moving the nation's biggest food retailer to regionalize its produce buying and make its processed foods less toxic.

6. Ken Cook, Executive Director, Environmental Working Group: Cook has campaigned tirelessly to overhaul federal farm policy so that it can support, rather than undermine, America's public health and environmental goals

7. Mark Bittman, Columnist, The New York Times: Bittman has demonstrated time and again that cooking and eating real food is more doable, affordable, and pleasurable than a fast food nation ever realized.

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