Courtesy of the Guild of Food Writers, I took a lovely trip down Memory Lane last night. Actually, both down my own personal lane and down through the history of English cookbooks. The occasion was a talk by Peter Ross, Principal Librarian at the Guildhall Library in charge of …
Recipes
Questions are never too crass to be answered
What I like about Alex Gazzola's blogs is that they always raise questions – and as a result, tempers – while, it appears lowering tolerance levels.... His latest, titled just that, Questions, questions, questions quoted a forum post from a non-allergy/intolerance sufferer asking …
The three most significant inventions in the history of food and drink
'The Royal Society - the UK's national academy of science - has today named the fridge, pasteurised milk, and the tin can as the three most significant inventions in the history of food and drink. These relatively modern innovations outscored more ancient inventions including the …
Yer actual instant fish dinner…
I am not good at planning ahead. Somehow, next week seems about as far as my thought processes will go (mention of business plans and 'targets for next year' send me into a vortex of panic) and I am afraid that this normally applies to food as well. As a result I rarely think …
@HealthJourno joins @FoodsMatter team!
We are delighted to announce that @HealthJourno, better known to many of you as Alex Gazzola, coeliac commentator, blogger, paid-up Italian-Welsh foodie, cake-lover, FreeFrom Food Awards judge and 'voyeur' of the annual FreeFrom Food Awards 'bash', deputy editor of …