Worrying about precise definitions is not something that comes naturally to me – I am more of a broad brush sort of person. So many are the arguments that I have with Alex, the acme of precision in definitions terms – and many are the rude names that I have called him when, yet …
Allergies
Using plants to teach about allergy
I have talked before about how the amazing Nigel Clarke is aiming to turn beautiful Guernsey into a low allergen island, basing his work on Tom Ogren's OPALS Allergy plant scale. (For those of you who have not heard of Tom, he is the creator of the OPALS scale, a …
Brain antics
Have you read 'The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat'? If you haven't, and you are at all interested in the human brain and the extraordinary knots into which it can tie itself, then you certainly should. 'The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat' is probably the best known, …
‘FreeFrom’ – past, present – and to come…
To celebrate a new 'freefrom' year here is a brief run down of where 'freefrom' came from and where I think it could be going. Originally put together for a group of industry innovators at Food Matters Live in November, I thought it might be a positive way to start 2016! A …
Has Brussels destroyed the creativity of our chefs?
Well, here we are – a year on from the imposition of Brussel's draconian allergen regulations on the catering industry.... Yet, have we seen mass closures of restaurants – or lemming-like swarms of suicidal chefs, their ‘spontaneity, creativity and innovation’ destroyed, racing …