The ostensible purpose of this blog is to rave about the delightful Courthouse Restaurant in Kinloch and the lovely Organic Centre at Rossinver (both in the far west of County Leitrim) but I also wanted an excuse to give an airing to some of the wonderful cloudscapes that County …
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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 …
The benefits of dedication
Alpro's decision not to combine the manufacture their nut and their soya milks on one line is very good news – not just for those mums of nut- and dairy-allergic children who campaigned so hard to make them change their minds, but for the allergen-free food world in general. (For …
The Allergy Show struts its stuff in the Grand Hall at Olympia
I do love Victorian ironwork. Whether it is the soaring arches of St Pancras Station, the Palm House at Kew or – the Grand Hall at Olympia. And, in terms of 'grand', you cannot get much grander than The Grand Hall at Olympia. The roof, 115 feet high and constructed from 85 …
Do/Sourdough – with Andrew Whitley
Don't those loaves look divine? Can you not just smell that wonderful fresh bread aroma floating out of your screen? And they taste just as good as they look – because these are Andrew Whitley's sourdough loaves. No, not the supposed sourdough loaves that you can buy in every …