An interesting post from Alex on Australia's approach to gluten free (no detectable gluten) and a recent study on levels of gluten in 'gluten-free' (e.g. under 20ppm) foods. Quite encouraging as it happens. Check into his post here. …
Coeliac/celiac disease
The chef’s view….
Last week at the Food and Drink Innovation Network's annual FreeFrom seminar, Chef Dominic Teague explained how he came, last year, to relaunch Indigo, the much-loved restaurant at five star West End hotel, One Aldwych with a totally gluten and dairy free menu. A menu, be it …
Cultural Kirkwall – and bere (pronounced bear) barley
For a very small town (population round 9,000) whose surrounding fields you can see from its centre, Kirkwall has a fine collection of antique buildings. This is what's left of the 16th century bishop's palace (replacing 12th century, 13th century and 14th century palaces) which …
FreeFrom Orkney
Kirkwall Harbour last Monday evening – a truly wonderful sunset followed on Tuesday by glorious blue skies showcasing the Orkney mainland's rolling fields and many lochs at their best. (It didn’t last…. By Wednesday the mists had come down restricting visibility to about …
University caterers take up the challenge
In my last sad blog about Livvy I also mentioned that following on from my talk at the TUCO (The University Caterers' Organisation) conference there were several initiatives afoot to improve the provision of safe freefrom food for allergic and coeliac students starting …