1. Eat you way out of the credit crunch

You can’t escape the credit crunch – it’s even invaded British Food Fortnight, which started last Saturday and runs until Sunday, October 5.

This year the promoters are giving topical advice on how to eat British and save money during the credit crunch.

2. Basil – for taste of the Mediterranean

The weighty novels of the 19th Century occasionally refer to basil as flourishing when grown in dead men’s brains.

3. Supreme Sardines

There was a time in this food-phobic nation of ours when the only sardines to be had were released from a tin with a special key.

4. Go wild for free and delicious food

As prices of everyday items soar in the supermarkets and food riots over rice shortages become a reality, perhaps everyone should learn to forage for food.