Alex has just alerted me to the fact that, because they look like little gold coins, lentils are a traditional dish on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day in Italy as they are thought to bring wealth in the year to come! I know it is a little late, but I thought maybe we could …
Sue’s Socca……
While having a new year clean out of my 'in box' this morning, I found the 'socca' recipe that Sue Cane, our resident coeliac and gluten-free beer expert, had sent me a few weeks ago and that I had mentioned yesterday. In the course of another email she had commented that she …
Leaves – dishwasher doors – and one-pot soup-stews…
Is this just not the most exciting Christmas present ever?.... It is what is going to finally get me to grow edible, rather than look-atable, plants in the garden... All those wonderful spicy leaves that I have been getting in my Farm Direct deliveries from Cultivate London! (And …
The sad tale of Billy the Kitten
I have been promising, for a long time, to add the tale of Billy, the madcap kitten, to our cat page – but somehow could never quite bring myself to do it.... But now, the moment seems right... so here he is... …
Christmas giggles and advice….
If you want to give your coeliac friends a quick giggle, you should sign them up to Alex Gazzola's Food Allergy and Intolerance Ink blog - just so that they can read his Christmas blog.... He has lots of useful advice, naturally – but he also offers you a choice of 'The Worst …