Well, as I sit here and watch the rain pour down on a typical cold, grey English June day, I certainly am… But not of a sun-drenched beach – instead I am dreaming of a snowy, but sunny, mountain. Why? Well, because my nephew Alastair and and his wife, Kathryn, have just ‘gone live’ with …
‘Beat’ Eating Disorders
It is not strictly speaking our area, but I have always admired the work done by beat, the charity supporting those with eating disorders. So I am delighted to see that they have now launched a new website to support those caring for people with eating disorders – www.b-eat-carers.co.uk As anyone who had ever ‘cared’ will …
Going Travelling?
If so, I suggest you log in to What Allergy’s very useful post on travelling in Portugal. Advice on travelling with allergies is to be found all over (we have a number of articles on the Foods Matter site) but Ruth covers several angles that most people have not thought about…..
David – Four Months On
It is only – and all of – four months since David Fleming, dear friend and pioneering environmentalist, died, totally unexpectedly, while on a visit to old friends in Amsterdam – see my post on December 4th. It seems both a lifetime ago and only yesterday. There was a memorial service for him at the …
FreeFromFood Tasting tables
As I was looking for something else just now I came across an old blog discussing whether or not we should recreate the ‘tasting tables’ (on which the first FreeFrom Food Awards were based) that we used to run in the Foods Matter magazine reviewing the freefrom products on the market. The idea had been …
NICE guidelines, raw milk, magnesium for tinnitus….
Am just back from a lovely relaxing four days with my old cookery friend, Anna del Conte, doyenne of Italian cookery writers and wonderful cook – so yes, before anyone asks, we did eat well! (If you check out her Minestrone recipe on the FM site there are links to several of her books.) However, …
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