As anyone will know who has ever worked on a stand at an exhibition, it normally takes about a week to recover – so I am making no excuses for only getting round to blogging about the Allergy Show today! Indeed, given that it only finished on Sunday I am pretty impressed that I …
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Herbs, Allotments, Chard and Asparagus
Few people can have failed to be aware of the impending, and now implemented, ban of the sale of hundreds of herbs used by herbalists, Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners and Ayurvedic practitioners, amongst many others. A workaround theoretically allows consumers to …
Has the State Overstepped – Again?
'Our primary responsibility or mission in child protection is to identify children and families who are in need of services that will assist families with ensuring the care and well-being of their children.' So said Michael Patterson, district manager with the Department of Human …
More on Easy Gluten-free Gravies – and Eating Out Freefrom
A conversation with the chef (via the very charming waiter) in our rather splendid skiing hotel last week (Hotel les Campanules in Tignes – and apologies for the music if it annoys you as much as it annoys me..... The hotel is much nicer than its website suggests!) reminded me …
David – Four Months On
It is only – and all of – four months since David Fleming, dear friend and pioneering environmentalist, died, totally unexpectedly, while on a visit to old friends in Amsterdam – see my post on December 4th. It seems both a lifetime ago and only yesterday. There was a memorial …