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 …
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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 …
Yet more on slugs…. Edible ones…
I have just received this email from John Scott and feel I need to share....... As I was putting three slugs into the bin tonight, I thought what a waste, when there seems to be so much 'eating' on them, and I was going to ask you if you'd ever come across any slug recipes, …
Not cheap – having an allergy…
One of the constant, and justifiable, moans of those with food allergies/intolerances (and the justification for keeping gluten-free staple foods on prescription) is that 'freefrom' foods cost so much more than 'normal' foods. There are many genuinely good reasons why this …
Allergy versus intolerance – again…
Today's excellent coverage of 'freefrom food' – a fab, in depth investigation on Radio 4's Food Programme (you can 'listen again' or download a podcast here) and a short item on BBC 1's Breakfast this morning – were, on the whole, pretty balanced, but they have caused the usual …