Any of you who follow Alexa's YesNoBananas blog will know that the her family is very excited as three year-old Sydney who has a list of life-threatening allergies and intolerances as long as your arm (including, originally, egg, wheat, nuts, sesame, chickpeas, green peas and …
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Egg-free, gluten-free, dairy-free apple cake for Easter Sunday!
Those on egg-free diets have a really frustrating time. Because there are relatively few of them (nowhere near as many as are on gluten or dairy-free diets), they tend to get sidelined, both in terms of recipes and 'made' products. So, with the prospect of a nice Easter …
Allergen-free skiing in the French Alps
Those of you who follow our FreeFromRecipesMatter site will know that, before Christmas Chef Kat at the Alikats Chalet in Morzine was our guest chef and provided us with the recipes for some of the seriously yummy 'freefrom' dishes that she serves to guests. Well, Ruth Holroyd …
FreeFrom-ers need to remain vigilant
Once upon a time 'freefrom' food was made by people with a dietary problem for people with a dietary problem – coeliacs, people with a dairy, nut or egg allergy, lactose intolerants. But times have changed. These days, much free from food is made by companies who have little or …
Experience is vital to understanding
Many of you will have read about Clare's predicament either here in my blog or on the FoodsMatter site. Clare suffers from almost total food intolerance – she is now reduced to about four foods, including venison and swede – that she can just about tolerate, has lost over four …