A weekend trip up to Yorkshire for a family christening provided an excellent opportunity to head back to Salts Mill. Saltaire was founded in 1851 by Sir Titus Salt, philanthropic industrialist who had made his fortune in the textiles industry, mainly through the spinning of alpaca fleece. The village’s name comes from both the founder’s…
The theme for this month’s great gluten free recipe challenge is the super summery herb, mint. As ever, Caleigh (www.glutenfreekblog.co.uk) our hostess has added another dimension for the challenge; to create a mint-tastic recipe without eggs. When we were in the Aeolian Islands off the coast of Sicily last year I tried an amazing granita…
Owner of gluten free and vegan cake business, Sweetcheeks Ltd, Catherine Rose’s dream had always been to open up her own deli but after a trip to New York, she identified what the UK’s gluten free market was missing; healthier gluten free baked goods which, as a Coeliac herself, Cat would also like to eat….
Vienna and Bratislava are said to be the world’s two closest capital cities, situated just 40 miles apart. Being a bit of a geography geek, I’m not entirely sure about this stat – would Rome and the Vatican not be closer? In any case, it would be rude not to take the opportunity to speed…
Brno is the second largest city in the Czech Republic. Although it does have a beautiful castle and historic centre, it doesn’t really rival that of Prague and so it’s slightly off the usual tourist trail. I knew of Brno because when I was in my university year abroad as part of my Russian degree,…