I went to an extremely interesting FABResearch conference last week – Sugar, Fat & Addiction: New Approaches to the Public Health Crisis; I will be reporting on the medical aspects in next week's newsletter. However, two of the presentations focused not on the medical aspects …
Nutrition
The Allergy Show struts its stuff in the Grand Hall at Olympia
I do love Victorian ironwork. Whether it is the soaring arches of St Pancras Station, the Palm House at Kew or – the Grand Hall at Olympia. And, in terms of 'grand', you cannot get much grander than The Grand Hall at Olympia. The roof, 115 feet high and constructed from 85 …
Kefir and more raw milks!
I have just sent out another two mini batches of kefir to keen readers one of whom was singing the praises of raw goat's milk from Ellie's dairy. So I thought maybe I should do a brief roundup of the raw milk suppliers I knew about. So here goes: Ellie's Dairy - 'the …
Do/Sourdough – with Andrew Whitley
Don't those loaves look divine? Can you not just smell that wonderful fresh bread aroma floating out of your screen? And they taste just as good as they look – because these are Andrew Whitley's sourdough loaves. No, not the supposed sourdough loaves that you can buy in every …
Butchery…
I have just come back from the most splendid morning propped in a corner watching five butchers exercise their skills. And no, I was not judging some 'freefrom' butchery competition. In fact I was being interviewed about Victorian butchers for the BBC 1 Heir Hunters programme – a …