You may remember that a couple of months ago I was lucky enough to be invited to judge at the 2017 Academy of Chocolate Awards – a fascinating experience for one who likes chocolate (does anyone not?) but really knew very little about 'fine' chocolate. The Academy believes …
Has the legislation requiring eateries to know about food allergens helped?
According to recent research from the Food Standards Agency – the legislation has helped, but not spectacularly. The agency used interviews and food diaries from food allergic and intolerant people across the UK, both before and a year after the legislation came into force, to …
Pills and patches for peanut allergy
As I was doing the ironing this morning... I caught, The Food Chain on the World Service – an investigation into licensed medicines to treat peanut allergy. You can download the programme and listen for yourselves but here is a quick overview. Immunotherapy (gradually …
Another soggy garden party…..
Looking back at previous summer party blogs I see that the weather gods have it in for us. This was the view from the kitchen in 2015 – and it could have been the view yesterday! Except that in 2015 it did clear up enough to get out whereas yesterday no one except our growing …
Mixed milky messages – again
A2 milk launched five years ago and since then they have done their best to convince us all that, although of course it is not suitable for those with serious cow's milk allergy, A2 milk is 'freefrom' and the rest of the world will benefit from drinking it. Which begs two …