This just arrived via the postman this morning….
Following two series warmly received by critics and viewers alike, Dave Myers and Si King – aka The Hairy Bikers – return this spring for a third series, gunning their long-suffering steeds across four continents in search of top food, great places and a damn good time in The Hairy Bikers Ride Again on BBC Two.
Currently starring every Saturday morning on the BBC One favourite Saturday Kitchen, the boys will be crossing Southern India and enjoying the finest vegetarian food on the planet, sampling the glories of Belgium (liquid and otherwise) and the rarefied gastronomy of Alsace, storming through Argentina fuelled by the best beef and the newest great wines, and eating their way through Morocco, from Marrakesh to the Sahara.
Along the way they’ll be searching for the perfect chip, wondering why they speak Welsh in Patagonia, trying Moroccan skiing, donning Magritte’s bowler hat (and apple), and discovering why the Royal Enfield Bullet is still India’s best-loved motorbike.
Simon King & Dave Myers
Trappist beers, massive dhosas, couscous from Ostend to Ouarzazate, home-made empanadas, gin and chocolate, coconut and tamarind, saffron and harissa … all this and dozens of other unlikely combinations as unlikely as the boys themselves.
Dave says: “Four journeys and four big adventures; we have laughed and cooked and eaten our way around the planet. Now it’s time to come home and share our memories and some bangin’ food too – the best yet.”
Si adds: “We are two best mates and bikers who have travelled the world celebrating and rejoicing in the people, places and food we have encountered.
“We’ve brought back some great food discoveries and a good crack to share. It’s as simple as that.”
The Hairy Bikers Ride Again is produced by John Stroud (Harry Enfield & Chums) and Vikram Jayanti (When We Were Kings).
Recipes include :
Cardamom chicken; spiced pears in honey; aloo gobi; banana, cardamom and vanilla lassi; lamb chop pakoras; chicken in chorizo and brandy sauce; dulche de leche cheesecake; steak frites; mussels; pork chops with cider and apples; Belgian chocolate mousse; chicken tagine with lemons and olives; prawns with paprika and honey; chilli con carne; pomegranate and chickpea salad.
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A DAILY glass of pomegranate juice can lower blood pressure and even reduce middle-age spread, a study has found.
The “superfruit” juice can cut the risk of a beer belly or “muffin top” by redistributing fat away from the midriff.
Scientists at Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University asked 24 healthy volunteers of normal weight to drink pomegranate juice every day for four weeks.
The researchers found a “significant” reduction in blood pressure, with a fall recorded in more than 90 per cent of the group. High blood pressure is a major cause of heart disease, strokes and kidney failure.
But they also found an early indication that fat could be redistributed away from the stomach. Fat which builds up around the abdomen in middle-age increases the risk of diabetes and heart disease.
Lead researchers Dr Emad Al-Dujaili and Dr Catherine Tsang said: “There is no doubt that pomegranate juice is beneficial in reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease because our results showed a significant and consistent lowering of blood pressure.
“There is also early evidence that consumption of pomegranate juice may influence abdominal fat. In future research we will investigate the effect on overweight subjects in whom the effect may be more evident.”
Adam Pritchard, chief executive of pomegranate juice brand Pomegreat, which funded the research, said: “We are encouraged by the results of this study. Blood pressure is a real issue for many people.
“We’re also excited by the early indications that pomegranate juice may shift middle-age spread – or younger age spread – and we are exploring options for a more detailed investigation with the research team.”
Pomegranate juice, long used in Middle East folk medicine, is also said to have anti-ageing properties and, in a 2008 study at Sussex University, was found to increase men’s sex drive.
I’ve always liked The Hairy Bikers, and I still like them now that they are The Hairy Bakers (BBC2). But why? They are two middle-aged men, mildly unkempt, who make jokes that, as far as I can tell, are supposed to be bad. Last night, they travelled around England, making very unhealthy food. They sat in the grounds of a country house, and went to Henley Regatta. They talked in silly accents that were way off the mark. But somehow, the combination of all these things emanated a sort of gentle happiness, and that’s a real achievement.
This was a programme about high tea, a meal invented by wealthy English people about 300 years ago, when evening meals were, for whatever reason, getting later and later. The two bikers, Dave Myers and Simon King, did not speculate about this. They just went into a really, really posh building and sat in a chintzy room, looking at a display of cucumber sandwiches and delicate buns and cakes. We looked at these cakes and buns, in all their rarefied poshness, and then we looked at the bikers. How could they not be intimidated?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2008/aug/26/television.television