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About Category "Food & Drink"

The wonderful world of food and drink, and my place in it.

As more people are starting to ask for culinary advice, I would like to point out that I am neither a chef, nor a dietician - just an enthusiastic amateur. I will answer questions as I can and will most likely post questions and answers as an article here, on this blog. Advice is given, however, without warranty or implied fitness for purpose, blah, blah. So there, and bon apetit!

Photograph of Smiffys Gluten Free Fruitcake

Fruitcake!

Smiffy bakes a gluten and dairy free fruitcake, with a reasonable degree of success.

Published:

Saturday, 24th March 2007;
last updated on Sunday, 25th March 2007

Waffles Are Go!

After the previous days disasters, Smiffy gets waffles working.

Published:

Sunday, 18th March 2007

Smiffy Waffles On

Gluten-free waffles - how hard could it be? Smiffy tries it out and finds that a non-stick waffle maker can be anything but, and discovers a good naan bread recipe in the process.

Published:

Saturday, 17th March 2007

Food-Info.net

A very useful resource from Wageningen University which includes a multi-lingual food allergy dictionary and numeric food additives data (E numbers).

Published:

Saturday, 17th March 2007

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh!

Today is St Padraig's (Patrick's) Day. Smiffy looks forward to his annual Guinness, reflects on past visits to Eire and notes that Autumn really does seem to be upon us.

Getting children's favourites on the menu

Smiffy comments on a Caterersearch.com article on presenting children with decent food when eating out.

Strange but True: Cats Cannot Taste Sweets

Scientific American reports that cats are unable to perceive sweetness.

National Des!

Smiffy's butcher pulls second prize in an national smallgoods competition.

Published:

Wednesday, 7th March 2007

Coconut and Strawberry Frozen Dessert

Recipe for strawberry ice cream, dairy and gluten free.

Welcome to Autumn 2007

The Southern Hemisphere has now slipped into Autumn (Fall), Smiffy comments.

Published:

Tuesday, 6th March 2007