Having cared for my mum through a 12-year battle with dementia, and watched her care for her mum for many years, it’s a question I’ve often asked myself. It came to me again a few weeks ago when it was reported that David Cassidy (remember him from The Partridge Family?) is suffering from the condition,…
GRATITUDE – THE HOTTEST AREA OF NEUROSCIENCE?
Every now and then I’m made aware of what a huge privilege it is to be alive. However, like most of us, I spend the bulk of my time caught up in the hum drum of daily life. But not anymore. Two weeks’ ago, on my way home from London Book Fair, I collapsed in…
CARING, DEMENTIA AND TOMATO SOUP
A couple of weeks ago, a report came out claiming those who lived near busy roads had a higher risk of dementia. Both Susan and I live near a very busy road, so our thoughts turned, once again, to dementia – and to how we look after dementia sufferers. Back in November, I wrote a…
HEALTHY EATING CHINESE-STYLE, AND BEST-EVER TOFU STIR FRY!
Did you celebrate Chinese New Year this weekend? It ushered in the year of the Rooster which means a busy year ahead, apparently (much like any other year for many of us in the ‘sandwich’ generation…) We celebrated with some delicious food: luckily our local Chinese restaurant has a good meat/fish-free selection on the menu…
CHANGING PRIORITIES IN 2017 – AND PUDDING
How are those New Year resolutions going? Are you managing to fit in the exercise/healthy meals/time with the family that you promised yourself? As someone who constantly says ‘I don’t have time…’ I was struck by this comment from the Wall Street Journal that a wise friend posted on social media on New Year’s Day:…
VEG UP THIS CHRISTMAS AND BARLEY RISOTTO
Counting down to Christmas and wondering just how many meals you’re going to have to cook over the festive season? We know that feeling all too well. I’ve ditched the whole thing this year by heading off on holiday but I know Annabel is catering for 17 on the day itself, and that’s without all…
EAT LIKE A FOUNDLING: SICILIAN CHICKEN WITH POTATOES & ARTICHOKES
I spent this morning at the Foundling Museum. For those you that don’t know it, the Foundling Museum is one of London’s best kept secrets, with a lovely newly opened café (which I whole-heartedly recommend). The museum currently has a small but intriguing exhibition (hurry – ends 8th January) on the food fed to its…
DEMENTIA AND WINTER FISH SALAD
A few months ago I found an elderly man in my street, cowering against a wall. It was dark and he was clearly disoriented, upset and frightened. He wasn’t fully dressed and appeared to have wet himself. I confess I had no idea what to do or who to call. The police? The ambulance? Wouldn’t…
FIGHTING FIT WITH FAT, THE HEALTH GAP AND A RECIPE FOR MEATFREE WEEK
For those of us who came of age in the last century the idea that fat is a health food used to sound like crazy talk. But there’s been report after report in recent years on the benefits of fat (and we’ve covered many of them on Kale & Cocoa) and I’ve finally got the…
WHY STRESS MATTERS – FREEKEH WITH ARTICHOKES
It’s been a stressful time in British politics. Our political elite appear to have disintegrated in the space of a week. As I’ve watched Tony Blair, David Cameron, Barack Obama and a host of other politicians on screen, I‘ve distracted myself with close scrutiny of their appearance. And I’ve been struck by how quickly they’ve…
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