Way back in the mists of time, with my partner Patricia Harbottle, I ran an outside catering business..... ..and, among other things, we made 'themed' cakes. I actually blogged about them a few years ago when we unearthed a cache of antique photographs. I think they were …
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Apologies……
Apologies to regular readers of my blog for the lack of recent posts. Christmas came and went but was hotly pursued by the judging for the annual FreeFrom Food Awards which has always happened in my house in Lawn Road in North London. Three weeks – five days a week – 600 odd …
Rising awareness of serious food allergy?
Tragic and horribly unnecessary as the death of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse was, it, and the tireless campaign that her parents have waged to get take-away foods (such as the baguette which killed her) better labelled, have certainly brought food allergy onto the front pages. They …
James
I have written many posts over the years about friends or colleagues who have died – but never did I think I would be writing one about James, my lifelong partner - and our Webmaster. James died of sepsis resulting from a twisted bowel just over a week ago - after four days on …
Viewing Kew from the skies
This post was actually intended for the garden pages but it seemed a shame not share Kew's splendid tree-top walk with a few more people, so here we go... I had rather hoped that we would be greeted by a sea of scarlet and gold from the sky walk. But whether Kew's trees are …