There is absolutely nothing good about a teenage girl dying as a result of an allergic reaction. But the massive coverage resulting from the inquest into Natasha's death has at least brought the issue of severe allergies to the forefront of everyone's minds – and that is …
Food
Berrydales Books – what’s in store….
As many of you may know, over the last two years we have been 'going into publishing'. This was inspired by Alex (Gazzola) telling us how he had just self published a short manual on how not-to-write a book (Writing Your Non-Fiction Book: A Mistakes-Writers-Make guide) and how …
Summer garden party delicacies
I fear that I failed totally to take any pictures of the FoodsMatter summer party guests skipping the light fantastic, but I did manage to take some pictures of some of the food. And since some of it was really rather tasty, I thought I would give you the recipes. So here …
Allergy show team defy the heatwave and the World Cup to pull off another great show
Well, strictly speaking, they did not defy either, but embraced them both! Olympia’s Grand Hall was deliciously airy for much of the show. And even better, a redesign of the floor plan meant that apart from peak visitor hours (between about 12.30 and 2pm each day) it was …
Food Ethics Council looks to the future
The Food Ethics Council is 20 years old this year. And to celebrate the fact it held an interesting afternoon's workshop last week with, as its key speaker, the Professor of International Human Rights, Olivier de Schutter, who served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on …