The Guardian-UK
by Joanna Blythman
January 16, 2013

Not long ago, quinoa was just an obscure Peruvian grain you could only buy in wholefood shops. We struggled to pronounce it (it's keen-wa, not qui-no-a), yet it was feted by food lovers as a novel addition to the familiar ranks of couscous and rice. Dieticians clucked over quinoa approvingly because it ticked the low-fat box and fitted in with government healthy eating advice to "base your meals on starchy foods".

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/...le-truth-quinoa

Next the stuff will go free trade or some such nonsense. Mrs TN and the offspring love the stuff. I find it weird looking at the tiny curls in my food.

Its shameful that the greedy vegans are exploiting these poor people for a bit less chloresterol.

I like it but don't eat it often. I think the vegans should practice a bit of what they preach in this case. If their diet isn't able to provide the nutrients they need by the local produce then perhaps it's not as healthy of a diet as they claim.