Today's excellent coverage of 'freefrom food' – a fab, in depth investigation on Radio 4's Food Programme (you can 'listen again' or download a podcast here) and a short item on BBC 1's Breakfast this morning – were, on the whole, pretty balanced, but they have caused the usual …
Food
Manufacturing stupidity – peanut alert
General Mills, manufacturers, according to their website, of 60 million servings of ready-to-eat breakfast cereals, have been making Cheerios since 1941. Since 2000 they have expanded the range to include Honey Nut Cheerios, Berry Burst Cheerios, Fruity Cheerios, Cheerios Snack …
Good pasta, excellent pasta, dreadful labelling – and Mostarda di Cremona…
I spent the weekend with my lovely friend, Italian cookery writer Anna del Conte and, just as happens every time I stay with her, I was left speechless by how wonderful the simplest of food can taste in the right hands. For lunch on Saturday, for which we had guests, we had …
Judging the 2012 FreeFrom Food Awards – fascinating and rewarding
Kate Hawkings (food writer) and Louise Marchionne (allergy therapist) 'working on' category 12 – scones, sweet tarts, sweet biscuits, cookies etc. Like last year’s, this year’s judging for the FreeFrom Food Awards was a thoroughly enjoyable, if somewhat exhausting, experience! …
Snow, light, SAD, impending ‘flu – and chicken soup….
Although the snow that is currently 'whiting out' a good deal of the country should, in theory, be bright and full of light, it only really works when the sky is clear and the sun reflecting back the whiteness. For most of this week there has, instead, been a dirty grey blanket …