About a week ago, I was reading a post on my friend Kate's blog. She's a book blogger at booksaremyfavouriteandbest. Her posts are always entertaining and never too long and her book reviews are food matched. That's right. Instead of matching wine with food, she matches books with food. Ingenious, right? Last week, she posted a book review about the 1980s and included a few snaps from her … [Read more...]
Gluten-free birthday party
A few weeks ago, my daughter celebrated her eighth birthday with a party. If I'm a bit of an indulgent mother from time to time, it comes to the fore here. You see, I thought it would be nice if her own birthday party would be the one occasion at which she could walk up to a table of food and choose anything to eat. You know, choose anything to eat without first having to ask whether it's … [Read more...]
Gluten-free gifts
My parents were and are both teachers. There are teachers through my entire extended family. In fact, of all my aunts and uncles, there is only one who is not a teacher. One of my strongest memories of school finishing for the Christmas/summer break was the amount of chocolate and sweet treats that my parents brought home, having received gift after gift from students and colleagues. To the young … [Read more...]