Eating out with friends and family is an enjoyable experience and this should be no different for those with gluten-free dietary requirements. Unfortunately, if you have coeliac disease or a gluten intolerance, dining out can be a challenge. Although restaurants are becoming more aware of what it means …
You may have heard about the recent tragic death of a 16-year-old school boy, who died after drinking too much caffeine based products. Davis Allen Cripe consumed several caffeine based drinks, including some of those easy accessible energy drinks, before collapsing with cardiac arrest in April 2017. An …
I like to keep abreast of political issues, especially when it comes to those involving food and, more so, children health. That’s why a few months back, UK politics caught my interest when a debate raged up surrounding school meals. In the UK, a huge proportion of school …
Britain have a TV series on Channel 4, called Come Dine With Me. This popular reality/food show has been successfully running for over a decade now, and continues to broadcast every week day. The premise sounds simple; 5 strangers equals 5 nights of dining. However, the reality leaves …
One of my weaknesses is chicken fried rice. Though I don’t tend to use takeaways that much, when I do I am always partial to Chinese food and this dish. Having scoured ways of trying to recreate the perfect chicken fried rice of my own, I have finally …
In our utility room sits a huge chest freezer. This is perhaps one of my more expensive of kitchen items but, nevertheless, it was worth every penny! Though, some people often feel cheated when they spot this. It’s almost as though by me making use of, and indeed …
As a Chef, people assume that I never experience any problems when it comes to planning, buying and cooking our weekly family meals. After all; a Chef should be creating award winning dishes at his own table every night, should he not! Truthfully, as cooking is my job, …
With five children, I can tell you a lot about school packed lunches; in fact, I could probably write a book on the experience I have gathered on this subject over the years! I like to encourage my children to choose a balance of hot school meals and …
Snacking often gets a bad rap, but it’s really OK to snack between meals. If you’re actually eating properly portioned meals you’re probably going to need a snack or two throughout the day just to keep your energy and momentum up. They key to snacking is to snack …
The archipelago of Malta lies right beneath Sicily, with Tunisia, Libya, Greece and Turkey just across the water. Having such a historically strategic geographical positioning, it is not surprising that the Maltese islands have been subjected to numerous political occupations throughout history. These days, the Maltese very much …