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"If China increases imports of rapeseed by 2.5 million tonnes, meals from sunflower seeds by 3.5 million tonnes, and meals from palm kernels by 3 million tonnes this year, theoretically the country can reduce soybean imports by 6 million tonnes," Li said.

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I baked a new batch of crispbreads this week, the texture of pebbledash, knobbly with pumpkin seeds and oats, and used them as a base for a coarse paté of grated beetroot and smoked mackerel. We ate them with glasses of prosecco turned rose pink by the addition of pomegranate juice. There were chubby little muffins, too, studded with pine kernels and rosemary and passed round with glasses of hot cider. A practice run for Boxing Day morning.

At present, China is promoting the application of low-protein feed technology in raising pigs and chickens.

He watched nervously as I stepped over the tangle of vines — the umbilical cord that carries the water and nutrients to the pumpkin. “Be careful,” he said.

While Justin’s food requests include Ghiradelli dark chocolate and Ritz Bitz peanut butter, an equal amount of fuss is made over where consumables are stored. Yes, fridges "must be made of glass."

The classic festive song, ‘roasting chestnuts on an open fire’, suggests these nuts are just for Christmas, but they’re certainly not. Try them in salads, stews and pasta dishes 

What Ouriel is promising, essentially, is expertise. Most product formulators are not biologists but cosmetic chemists who, she tells me, might know how ingredients will react with each other but not necessarily how they will react with the skin. “It’s like having a cotton farmer design your clothes,” she says. After speaking with Ouriel, I rid myself of several long-neglected serums in my medicine cabinet, no longer convinced of their untapped powers, and attempted to make a real routine out of her five-product line, which includes an oil-based cleanser, a gentle chemical exfoliant, a pigment-correcting eye serum, a UV-protecting serum and a moisture-locking serum, and comes in handmade glass beakers with red rubber-capped pipettes. It’s a mad-scientist aesthetic that is meant for more than just marketing. Glass is nonreactive, for one, and the breakable material ensures a degree of mindfulness from users. “You have to treat it with care, just like you should treat your skin,” she says. “This is not something you can just throw into a gym bag.”

Lester Schumitsch, Joe’s son, continued to farm the location in the years after Joe had passed and started growing potatoes on the land, phasing out dairy farming.

Taking the purest ingredients helps VanHeulen turn them into the most painterly dishes that you’ve ever seen. His whole roasted trout, sourced from Harrietta Hills, is dramatically wrapped with serrano ham, greens, watermelon radish and salsa rosa; his 16-ounce Sobie bone-in pork chop, brined and spiced rubbed, is cooked to perfection then shingled out on the plate with herb butter and bitter green salad; and those seared diver scallops with fresh herb risotto, sherry-glazed seasonal mushrooms, serrano ham crisp and lemon beurre blanc is every bit as haute bourgeois as you would expect in a penthouse restaurant.

Taco Bell, of course, is no stranger to menu items with snap. The chain has been CrunchWrapped and Fritos Burrito-ed, and the Yum Brands subsidiary caused a sensation with the 2012 introduction of the Doritos Locos Tacos in which the crispy taco shells were made from Doritos. At the time, they were Taco Bell’s most successful new product introduction, and they remain menu standards with Cool Ranch, Nacho Cheese and Fiery Doritos options.