It is funny. You start something and very quickly, you outgrow things. I had originally planned a full website for The Delicate Diner but decided that I didn’t have time to do that right now – what with running The Arabian Magazine (horses), being on the Board for Your Gluten Freedom (next Expo on 8 May), being Chair of the Norfolk & Suffolk Arabian Horse Group (show 22 May), and all the travelling I’ve done for the magazine so far this year. But, as they always say, ask a busy person…! And anyway, what makes my time any busier than…
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Sunday afternoon. The first day of 2016 that has actually felt like spring. And I am doing one of my favourite things – cooking with chocolate. I should point out that this is not as I have been daydreaming about chocolate. After all, it was Easter last weekend and, while I am a great chocolate saver and have only just started to nibble the ears of my dark Lindt bunny (to the horror of my chocoholic friend, Wizzy!), I feel no need to be making anything chocolatey and unctuous right now. So, why the chocolate? In a word – Galton.…
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I hope that you are all having a wonderful day, whether you’re at home with your family or enjoying time away. I had a lovely lunch out at my favourite restaurant in Norfolk, Relish, found at Newton Flotman. As everything is made fresh, being gluten and dairy-free is not a problem at all, and we all had a fantastic meal. One thing that I love is that I rarely receive a dessert menu as, invariably, chef has something special planned. Today, it was caramelised gluten-free lemon sponge with pistachios, berries and champagne granita. Delicious! Driving home, we saw a beautiful…
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I am home! The sun is shining, I have four days off, a rare treat, and while working on Your Gluten Freedom, The Delicate Diner and creative projects, I also have some time to just enjoy being back home. Indeed, I have already been out and done my shopping for the weekend ahead – and when I am home, it’s never a supermarket but always the local shops. I would much rather put my money their way than to some big conglomerate that doesn’t care about the individual as much as the profit in their pockets. So, with that in mind, whenever…
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I have almost come to the end of my business part of my Middle Eastern trip – I am just waiting to head to an Arabian horse farm, where I will be doing the commentary. I love seeing breeding programmes and how they develop down the generations, and this will be my first visit to Al Zobair Stud – I am curious! Somehow, this trip has seen me stay on GMT rather than adapt to local time. It wasn’t planned but it has worked out that way – which has also meant that I’ve been eating less as I’m still…
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Abu Dhabi was good to me tonight! My friend, Marion, suggested that we go out for dinner, so I had a little look on Doctor Google to see if I could find any hidden treasures that would go down with a Delicate Diner like me. Marion is also trying to eat gluten-free, so I knew that whatever I found would work for her, too. Time Out Abu Dhabi turned up three restaurants worth a look, and one in particular grabbed my attention. This was Jim’s Kitchen Table, located in Masdar City – close to Marion’s home and my hotel –…
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This blog/site is as much about you as it is about me. If we have any kind of intolerance, then we are all Delicate Diners, at the end of the day…
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Being a Delicate Diner in the modern world can be a challenging one – and then is the reaction from others – to stop being difficult, fussy or even to ‘grow up and eat what’s in front of you’. If only it were that simple!