I never thought I would hear myself saying this but – I love coconut... For years I was haunted by the memory of those multi-coloured dessicated coconut fudge sweety things that I was forced to eat at parties as a child – and which brought me very close to disgracing myself by …
Food
Lactic acid
In a recent blog bemoaning the failure of wine makers to include allergens in the labeling on the bottles, Ruth at What Allergy? said that she had had a bad reaction (eczema – hard, liquid filled lumps which itched until scratched – on her eye lids, cheeks, forhead and across …
Nettles, nettle soup, nettle soufflé, juicing nettles, nettle tea…
The early spring weather has brought on the nettle crop a treat – to the frustration of gardeners, but the delight of foragers. Not, I must admit, that I have done much foraging – although some of the delicate young leaves on Hampstead Heath yesterday evening did look quite …
Pink Slime…
Last week's final despatch of the shortlisted products in the FreeFrom Skincare Awards to our Beauty Bible volunteers for month-long intensive testing sessions has freed me up to to check out the huge pile of interesting emails and news items that have arrived in my in-box over …
Supermarkets and moral fibre…
A couple of days ago I received an incandescent-with-fury email berating Sainsbury's and Waitrose for stocking Belvedere Broccoli, a conventionally bred, non-GMO broccoli devloped by the Great Evil One, Monsanto. Now I hold absolutely no brief for Monsanto – I think they …