I fear I am in danger of becoming a Brussels groupie here... Raving on about EFA last week and now throwing bouquets at the commission for their work on EU FIC, the new EU Food Information for Consumers including the allergen labelling changes that are causing such an upheaval in …
Gluten-free
Presenting the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards!
Antony Worrall Thompson throws off the scarf concealing the name of the winners of the first ever FreeFrom Eating Out Awards last Tuesday at the awards presentation. And who might those winners have been? Well, they were the delightful team from the Alford Arms in Frithsden …
New drugs for coeliacs – is this a good idea?
This feels like a very lazy way of writing a blog – but I do not believe in re-inventing the wheel so, if Alex has already said it, and said it well, why would I say it again? In fact, on this occasion, it is not only Alex but one of his 'commenters', GlutenfreeB, who has said it …
Trotting out the old ‘self diagnosis food fad’ story yet again
'Most people who think they have a food allergy or intolerance are just paranoid': Doctor says many of us are on a 'self-diagnosed food fad'...... Oh dear, the Mail is at it again and it is the same story, carrying the same inaccuracies as it was the last umpteen times they …
The Everyman, the Futurist and Il Forno….
The new Everyman theatre is Liverpool's latest cultural icon, winner of the Stirling prize for architecture, recycled, sustainable, heat recovered and filled with great quality air.... Portraits of everyday Liverpudlians have been designed into the theatre's 'street face' by …




