Food Intolerances Are Becoming Big Business. Is that Good or Bad?
The Independent in London this week reported that the gluten and dairy-free retail sector is experiencing “meteoric growth” in new food products. Sales are expected to grow more than 70% by 2016. The UK is the leader in “free-from” foods in Europe. That says something about awareness and validation that people think they could get […]
Lentils with Carrots and Cumin
Free from: gluten, dairy, eggs, soy, yeast.
We’re expecting a heat wave in London tomorrow, but judging by the grey sky and chilly temperature, I think a warm bowl of lentils sounds more cozy.
Inspired by my friend Julieta who sent me a similar recipe using split peas, but I used lentils […]
Tropical Banana Bread
Free from: gluten, eggs (optional), soy, yeast and dairy
In our house, whenever someone notices bananas browning in the fruit bowl, the cry goes out “Make banana bread”! Today however, I only had two, not so large, bananas and I really didn’t want to go out to buy more. I did though […]
Season to Taste
Season to Taste, How I Lost My Sense of Smell and Found My Way by Molly Birnbaum is the compelling story of a woman whose plan to become a chef was cut drastically short when she got hit by a car and lost her sense of smell. What I expected was a […]
Gluten-free Chickpea Pancakes with Chicken and Arugula
Free from: Gluten, egg, dairy, yeast and soy
Made from gluten-free chickpea flour, Socca is a pancake that originates from the Côte d’Azur in the South of France. The first time I had them was not strolling along the Mediterranean but at a private event for my day job that I had […]
Aherne’s Seafood Restaurant
It was a grueling journey down some of the narrowest two-way roads we had experienced on our trip to Ireland. With Ernie behind the wheel of a boat of a rental car and handwritten instructions from the charming, but vague, Irish woman at the restaurant, we managed to arrive […]
Lemony Roast Lamb with Roasted Vegetables
Free from: Gluten, dairy, eggs, soy, yeast
Last week at the Marylebone Farmer’s Market, I bought a leg of lamb from the Old Hall Farm, Purveyors of Free Range Home Grown Traditional Rare Breeds and Game out of Kent. That’s a mouthful but you run into that a lot here; small farmers sustainably […]
Marylebone Market Sunday Lunch
Free from: Gluten, eggs, dairy, soy, yeast
My American friends think we are tonier than we are. As we live in London they think we spend our weekends at museums and the theater. Not exactly. What really makes a weekend satisfying is going to food markets.
Venturing to a part of the […]
Dried Fruit Breakfast Smoothie
Free from: gluten, dairy, eggs, soy, yeast and sulfites
Smoothie, schmoozie you say. Well when you can’t eat eggs and you’ve given up refined carbs (temporarily) that doesn’t leave much for breakfast, so I’m eating smoothies a lot. Mostly I use frozen organic berries.
This morning however there were no frozen berries […]
Quinoa with Butternut Squash and Prosciutto
Free from: gluten, soy, dairy, eggs, corn and yeast. Vegan option.
We just got back from the States and there wasn’t much to eat in the house. I bought a hunk of butternut squash on my way home from my morning walk and then looked around for what might go with it. […]