I recently had the pleasure of meeting Chris Badham, the chef/owner of Cello cafe in Greenhill, who’s recently been diagnosed coeliac. Which means, of course, that he’s got an excellent understanding of safe catering for coeliacs, so his cafe should be a really great place to go! The cafe doesn’t have a website, but has … Continue reading
I’ve started a small listings page to highlight up and coming events in Sheffield that may be of interest. There are currently some interesting gluten related events at Sheffield’s literary festival Off The Shelf, as well as dates for the upcoming Coeliac UK Sheffield Group meeting. If you’ve not been to to the meeting before, … Continue reading
We’re embarking on a new phase in our gluten free journey, as boy #1 is trying out being gluten free for a while, to see if it helps his tummy symptoms. About six months ago, #1 was discharged from the children’s gastro clinic with the consultant happy that he didn’t have coeliac’s disease (without having … Continue reading
Festival food can be a bit nerve-wracking but we’ve been coming to Deer Shed for the last few years and recently the offer has been getting better and better. I wanted to share today’s beautiful lunch courtesy of Yakumama, a South American food stall that’s pretty much completely gluten free. BBQ chicken tacos with Caribbean … Continue reading
This week (9-15 May) is Coeliac Awareness Week. Coeliac UK are having a big push on improving diagnosis and encouraging people to ask people with symptoms* to consider whether coeliac disease could be the cause. To find out more, visit their Awareness Week page. There are a number of special promotions linked to awareness week that … Continue reading
There are a few gluten related events coming up in Sheffield over the next month or so: Thurs 21 April, 6pm – Gluten Attack talk As part of Sheffield University’s Life: Festival of Health, renowned Hallamshire gastroenterologist Professor Sanders will be doing a talk about his new book, Gluten Attack. See the link above to … Continue reading
We had a perfect avocado in the fridge on Tuesday. Everyone knows how small the window of opportunity is in between unripe and completely brown. So we opted for a retro prawn cocktail for lunch, which was rather delicious. I tend to keep a bag of prawns in the freezer, as they’re great to lob in … Continue reading
What do you suppose is the collective noun for coeliacs? The best I could come up with is a glut. Feel free to do better… On Saturday I went to the Coeliac UK Sheffield group AGM (at St Mary’s) for the first time, where I was helping to sell raffle tickets for the charity. It … Continue reading
In a highly unusual second post in one night, I had to share that Sheffield gluten free food producer, Delicious Alchemy, has gained Coeliac UK accreditation. See their news article here. And product reviews here and here. Great news – well done! Continue reading
I wanted to treat the boys to a Chinese banquet and a film while dad was out at the weekend, so I did some research about how to make sweet and sour chicken. Quite a few online sources pointed to a recipe from one particular website, Mel’s Kitchen Cafe, and claimed it to be better than … Continue reading
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