As you will have gathered, the last few days have been a bit hectic, what with the launch of the new FreeFrom Food Awards website and the opening of the 2021 awards. (I am delighted to say that we had had eight entries by the end of day one!) So I fear that I have …
FreeFrom Food Awards
Rain……
(If you want to see the video you will need to click onto the blog as the email notification does not include the video.) Yes, real, live rain – can you hear it? Well, to be honest, we didn’t get that much rain – nowhere near as much as our parched gardens need, but still …
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 products – …
‘Les Salons’
You may remember that back in June we held a Salon Musicale at Lawn Road with violinist Madeleine Mitchell and her quintet – and lots of good food! Well, you will be glad to hear that it was not just a one off. Indeed we have held two further evenings since then and have two …
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 life …
Horace W Nicholls, photographer
Readers who have visited Lawn Road, as a FreeFrom Food Awards judge or for other reasons, may have noticed some rather fine old sepia photographs both on the way up the stairs and in the drawing room. A shepherd driving his flock along a misty road, a young girl peeping through torn brown paper, the …