For mega-gluten-sensitive souls, Micki Rose has been doing research into how wines that are theoretically gluten-free may have been stored in ex-grain spirit barrels.... Read her post here. She also talks about the SoLo sulphite-free wines which also feature on our Christmas …
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All Christmas go….
We are currently being submerged by a tidal wave of Christmas products – so you must excuse me if I do not pass comment on the greater happenings in the world for a day or two... This is partly because the first judging for the 2012 FreeFromFood Awards happens next week – for …
Treating childhood cancer in the US is a dangerous business…
The full story of Jim and Donna Navarro's unsuccessful struggle to get their four-year-old son, Thomas' cancer treated by anything other than chemotherapy is now quite well known in the US and is told in a lengthy interview and on a documentary film, both available from the Dr …
Ode to Olbas oil……
I do not get colds. I used to in my unhealthy youth, but these day – nah...... So when I do get one, I am horribly grumpy and bad tempered, made more so by the fact that, however successful I have been in dealing with it during the day, at night it comes up to get me and I am …
Smart meter petitions to sign – and ES update
For those of you who have not yet met 'smart meters' they are, or at least they are sold as, the energy companies' and the government's way to help you reduce your energy consumption and allow the whole country to become greener and more sustainable. Anyone who has had an energy …