I have always hated baking! Even before I got involved in freefrom food and food allergy I hated baking. Foodie friends would witter on about the delights of plunging elbow deep into heaving bowls of dough, the smell of yeast, the satisfaction of a loaf well baked... I just …
Freefrom food/recipes
FreeFrom Summer Salads
Guests at last weekend's 'tasters' Pimms party' found themselves confronted by, among other delicacies, large platters of crudits accompanied by brimming pots of home-made hummus. The only problem with this being that I find platters piled high with many-coloured vegetables so …
Pimms – and the FreeFrom Food Awards!
I am just sitting at my desk looking out into a soggy, but still steamy, garden and thinking how lucky we were with the weather for the Foods Matter tasters' summer Pimms party yesterday! As long-time FM supporters will know, we have a roster of tasters (some foodies, some …
Italian Food and Freefrom Diets
I have just been staying for a couple of days with my good friend Anna del Conte whose wonderful books on Italian food many of you will already know, as many of her recipes have appeared on the foodsmatter.com recipe pages (Just type Anna del Conte into the search box when you …
Iced Coffee – Dairy-Free, of course!
The arrival of real summer weather over the last few weeks has made the Foods Matter office realise how lucky it is! It lives in a large Victorian house in north London, with a large, very green and very protected garden which, although not very productive, is extremely organic …