Who can ever resist a doggy story? Well, not many of us so, when you combine a dog with a feel good allergy story, you are away! We first tracked down allergen-detector dogs back in 2006 when we discovered PeanutDogs.com run by Sharon Perry at the Southern Star Ranch Boarding …
Allergies
Judging the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards
I have just spent a fascinating two days working my way through the judges' comments on our entrants for the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards. And let me say right now that our judges did a sterling job! The forms were extremely long and complicated (much too long and complicated in …
Inside the teenage male brain
Moving on from 7–9 year olds' bizarre ideas about water consumption, John Scott alerted me last month to a new book investigating why it is that teenage boys so often appear to take the craziest of risks. This is especially concerning if you are the parent of an allergic teenage …
On the re-sexing of trees and other matters respiratory
I spent much of last weekend discussing the re-sexing of trees. Not your everyday Sunday papers conversation - but fascinating none the less. How come? Well, I had staying as house guests Tom Ogren, world authority on allergen-free gardening, and Nigel Clarke, garden-centre …
Freefrom and the multinationals
As a post script to my earlier blog on the YouGov freefrom survey – Asda have, this week, launched the new Nestlé gluten-free cornflakes in the main breakfast cereal aisles of their stores. This raises two interesting questions. Is this the start of serious engagement on the part …