Having a dairy and a tomato allergy and also a wheat intolerance can kind of put you off pizza; it would pretty much be my ultimate meal from hell. So I've never really experimented with gluten free pizza bases, although I know there are loads of different brands out there now. But last week, in the post, arrived a very interesting package from the lovely people at … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2013
Stoke Park restaurant – 9.5/10 for allergy service
If you have allergies and food intolerances the chances are you don't eat out often, and if you do you have your processes and systems in place to ensure you remain safe. Always phoning ahead, sticking to simple dishes like salads, steak and ham, egg and chips; it means you can eat out with friends and family relatively safely but it's not completely satisfactory. It's not … [Read more...]
The Three Oaks – 8/10 for Allergy Awareness
If you're looking for a gastro pub in the Buckinghamshire area which caters for allergies The Three Oaks in Chalfont St Peter is a great restaurant to try. I went there this month for a friend's 40th surprise birthday meal; it is a gastro-pub apparently owned by Terry Wogan's daughter and we had a lovely meal, they totally 'got' what allergies mean and made me feel at … [Read more...]
Dandelion tea for allergies, eczema and asthma
Another of those hated garden weeds, the hardy little danedlion can take a hold in the most precarious of places, winding their roots deep, into chalk, around roots and solid ground - if you try to pull them up by hand, the root generally remains in the ground. Every gardener's worst enemy when it comes to lawns as they seem to love to grow amongst the common grass in … [Read more...]
Fresh nettle tea – for eczema and allergies
Nettle or Urtica dioica is the bane of many a childhood. Who doesn't remember the pain of pitching off their bike or running head long into a huge bush of stingers? The hives they cause are horrible, hence the name Urtica from the word urticaria which means hives. net·tle, net·tled, net·tling 1. any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs. Compare nettle … [Read more...]