A couple of weeks ago the Guild of Health Writers ran an excellent evening session on PTSD – understanding the nature of the trauma that can provoke Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The four speakers included Noel McDermott, a psychotherapist who lived through many years of …
Alcohol
Bootleg liquor accounts for nearly quarter of all alcohol consumed globally….
And by bootleg, I mean alcohol which is made from, or at least contains, mosquito repellent, cough medicine, battery acid, mortuary formaldehyde and methanol among many other dubious, toxic and often lethal substances. How did I know about it? Well, I could just have found out by …
Random thoughts on freefrom and millennials
The annual FDIN FreeFrom seminar took place last week, focusing very much on the future both in terms of those millennial and Generation Z shoppers and the export markets that we believe should be in the sights of all freefrom manufacturers. All the presentations (which were …
The tragedy of young death
I have often written in this blog about friends and colleagues who have died. But they have all been either of great age, like Dr Harry Morrow Brown, or have at least lived out their three score years and ten – Cartoon Christopher, Clarissa Dickson Wright, David Fleming. So …
FreeFrom Food Awards at the seaside!!
So this is what FreeFrom Food Awards judges get up to, is it? Licking ice cream cones!! But – this is a gluten and dairy-free cone.... That make it any better? It was one of a number 'ice cream' entries into this year's dessert category – along with some raw chocolate ices and a …