The Laboratory

If you're a fan of Christmas specials, then McDonalds has a real treat for you. Instead of the usual "Festive Pie", this year they have introduced the "Chocolatey Banoffee Pie". Delicious! And if you're after something a bit more traditional, why not try a Marzipan Pig? This delicious paste of almond, milk and sugar is the most common shape for a Nordic Christmas and is usually the prize for whoever finds the hidden almond nut in the Christmas rice porridge. Yes, they hide nuts in porridge!

Today we are in Italy on our European tour, and the news is ... MR CREEN IS HUNGRY Imagine our delight to find, when vaingloriously Google searching our own names, that Adam is the star of an Italian book about a hungry pig. The only other Mr Creen in fiction is a minor character in an Isaac Asimov science fiction novel, so this makes things so much better. Here's what the authors had to say (Adam's bad translation): MR CREEN IS HUNGRY Lorenzo Naia, Roberta Rossetti A child who eats badly will be an adult with health problems. Alternatively, correct nutrition along with some good rules and habits, can prevent the onset of diseases and mental and physical problems. But in a world in which "big" is the usual way to speak of food, how can a child learn to feed themselves in a healthy way? To find out, there needs to be a place where a child’s curiosity is stimulated through the meetings and emotionally important experiences between the charac...