A very short post, designed only to make you all feel very jealous... Yes, I have once again been judging for the Academy of Chocolate Awards. I was invited for the first time last year and was so dubious as to whether I would have any serious expertise to offer that I …
Peter Rabbit allergy scandale
You would think that, if you were spending $35 million on a film, you might also think to spend a few hundred dollars checking out the sensitivities around one of the more gripping scenes that you were shooting? But obviously not. Well, not if you are Sony Pictures. Instead …
Rat study links increased cancer risk to mobile phone exposure
A $25 million National Toxicology Program study on rats and mice, the results of which were published earlier this month, was designed to test the widely held assumption that non-ionizing radiofrequency radiation (from mobile/cell phones) could not cause health effects at low …
Celebrating at Mommi
Every year, when we are nearly at the end of the FreeFrom Food Awards judging fortnight, I take the 'prep' crew out to dinner – Captain Cressida, Lieutenant Cooks Katherine and Kate, new recruit this year, Midshipman Sarah, Commander 'Beers' Sue and the Webmaster. And this year …
Judging the FreeFrom Food awards – Week 2
Everyone has their own way of going about their judging – but this was how most of the chocolate judges did it! Although some created a rather fancy pie chart into which they fitted each sample. To our disappointment, although much to the delight of the chocophiles, …