Founder of The Bristol Bakehouse, Ali Walsh reveals how it all began… My free-from life… Ali Walsh I’ve always made cakes. When I was eight years old I made a heart-shaped cake and iced it in the tin, ready for Mothering Sunday. Sadly, I didn’t know about cake testing and the inside was raw. But you live and learn (to eat […]
Ali Walsh turns the sink hole anti-clockwise and finds that Australia has gluten-free covered… It’s not often I take a holiday. Either time or money seems to get in the way (i.e. lack of) and I wonder what happened to the traveller in me. Somehow the years roll by and I realise all I’ve managed […]
Need some baking inspiration for the festive season? Look no further! Gluten-Free Heaven’s regular feature writer Ali Walsh will be coming to you live via the virtual FreeFrom Food Festival with two delectable recipes for you to try… First up is gluten-free flat bread. Manufactured by My Gluten-Free Bakery, Ali will show you how easy […]
Coeliac Ali Walsh looks into preventing the condition that affects those with lower bone mineral density. When I think about gluten-free, I often only think about food. What can I eat? What’s off-limits? Where can I get a decent pie? But when I first got diagnosed with coeliac disease back in the nineties, there was […]
Are you getting enough fibre? (And what to do about it if you’re not) Ali Walsh finds out… Exactly one year ago, I was wearing a hospital gown and about to undergo general anaesthetic. Why? How can I put this delicately? Let’s just say some skin in a certain area kept splitting and the doctors […]
Parties (sigh). If you’re not struggling to find something to wear, wondering where you’ll park or flipping a coin for who’ll be the designated driver, Ali Walsh takes her hat off to you. And that doesn’t even touch on the main problem: what on earth you’ll be able to eat. So here I’m going to […]
Ali Walsh discovers a few hidden gems to take the stress out of Christmas… What’s your perfect Christmas? Is it where you don’t have to do anything, can laze about in bed as long as you like, magically find you’re showered and dressed by noon and then fairies bring delicious food with a glass of […]
Ali Walsh gets to the bottom of some of the myths and truths from living on a gluten-free diet… Ali Walsh explains the 15 myths about gluten-free diets and where the truth lies… Recently I went to a reflexologist who said she could rid me of my coeliac disease. Then she casually mentioned she could […]
Ali Walsh explains how going gluten-free can be a lot simpler by following a few easy steps… If you’re new to a gluten-free diet, it can feel like there’s a lot to take in. Eating out can be frustrating. Reading the backs of food packets seems to take forever. Packaged gluten-free products may taste inferior […]
Thinking about setting up a gluten-free business? Ali Walsh’s guide might just give you the confidence to make that leap of faith… You got your diagnosis. You took on a new lifestyle. You’ve tried living gluten-free. But… something just drives you crazy. There’s no-one that provides XYZ in the way you need it. Maybe it’s […]