Is it me – or have some vegetables and herbs just lost it?..... Garlic, for example. I remember the day when one small clove would flavour a whole dish; nowadays, most garlic is so gentle that you can use half a dozen large cloves and you are still groping for the …
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Is Sugar Toxic?
One of the purposes of starting this blog was to be able to highlight concerns which really do not fall within the remit of foodsmatter.com and its satellites. So I shall use this post to pass on one of John Scott's links to a lengthy but fascinating article in the New York Times …
Coeliac/gluten-free tweetup…. 2nd June 8–9pm
Those readers who 'tweet' will know exactly what I mean – to those who don't, apologies! A 'tweetup' is a get-together on Twitter – you all sit round your computers or your mobiles for an hour and 'chat' on Twitter – a formula that is now common in many online guises. You …
Camel Milk
I was delighted to be alerted to the fact that camel milk now has its own entry in Wikipedia. It is quite a comprehensive entry and does add to my knowledge – which had been pretty limited – see Camel cheese and the Latest cure for allergies . However, if any of you out there …
Chelsea Flower Show – glorious but – no allergen-free garden…
Any of you who are gardeners will no doubt turn verdant green with envy when you hear that rather than battling with hordes of RHS members and peering over twenty of their backs to catch a glimpse of one corner of a show garden, I spent yesterday wandering in comfort around …