Almost as far back as I can remember in terms of FoodsMatter – way back in the '90s indeed – I recall talking to Claire Magee at 'Nanny Care' about their problems in getting their goat milk infant formula recognised by the EU. Over the years I all but gave up asking how the …
Moroccan PS
I was just filing away the Moroccan photos when I came across this, whichI felt I had to share.... The felt man, with a very posh (for Morocco) workshop just outside the walls of Marrakech. He made these lovely South American style bowler hats, pixie boots, some very smart flat …
Pancake Syndrome
How appropriate the day before Shrove Tuesday! I have just been reading the Anaphylaxis Campaign's excellent new factsheet on Idiopathic Anaphylaxis (the really scary one in which no one can work out what triggered your anaphylactic attack) and I came across this: Flour …
Morocco…
In the political cauldron of north Africa, Morocco, at least for now, appears to offer a haven of peace and prosperity. Unlike Algeria, where the legacy of French colonialism was truly toxic, in Morocco it seems to have been mainly beneficial – maybe because Morocco was never a …
Celeriac…….
Is that not truly magnificent? I must admit that, when it arrived from Farm Direct, I was not even sure what it was, it was so enormous – and so muddy.... But a celeriac it surely was and, in due course, it got turned into a fine selection of celeriac-based dishes. I feel that …