According to recent research from the Food Standards Agency – the legislation has helped, but not spectacularly. The agency used interviews and food diaries from food allergic and intolerant people across the UK, both before and a year after the legislation came into force, to …
Dairy-free
Another soggy garden party…..
Looking back at previous summer party blogs I see that the weather gods have it in for us. This was the view from the kitchen in 2015 – and it could have been the view yesterday! Except that in 2015 it did clear up enough to get out whereas yesterday no one except our growing …
Mixed milky messages – again
A2 milk launched five years ago and since then they have done their best to convince us all that, although of course it is not suitable for those with serious cow's milk allergy, A2 milk is 'freefrom' and the rest of the world will benefit from drinking it. Which begs two …
Then Allergy Show Strikes again…..
Here we are again! Another buzzing Allergy and FreeFrom Show in the Grand Hall at Olympia. And here is Catherine Rose – baker of amazing gluten-free Sweetcheeks goodies and FFFood Awards-judging-week-cook – doing a stint for us on the stand on Saturday. (Catherine, by the …
Wensleydale – without the cheese!
This is the view across Wensleydale – and yes, the sun is trying to shine, even though the rain clouds are hovering. From the tiny hamlet of Sedbusk, across the Stonehouse Hotel where we were staying for a couple of days, to the very pretty village of Hawes. And this is one of …



