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Deliciously Ella Visits Bristol
Queues stretched round the Foyle’s store in Bristol for a chance to meet the famous food blogger, Deliciously Ella.
Signing copies of her latest cookery book, Ella visited Bristol on a whistle-stop tour of the UK, and fans were all too happy to share their love for Ella and her recipes.
Hollie, who was introduced to Ella’s cooking by her mum, had come to get a book signed for her. “We changed our lifestyles a few years ago to fit with Ella’s regimes,” Hollie said. “Ella’s protein pancakes are my particular favourite,” she continued.
April said she was aware of Ella for a lot longer than she has been a fan: “now I’ve discovered her recipes I can’t get enough”. Asked why, April said: “I think for two reasons: she looks like the image of healthy eating, and her recipes make healthy eating an everyday activity”.
“I think the backlash from some people about the amount of fruit sugar in Ella’s recipes is unfair,” April continued, “she’s honest, sometimes you do need to indulge a bit”.
“The recipe I’m most excited to make is for ginger muffins,” April added.
Emilie, who is herself gluten intolerant, said she really values the effort Ella goes to in order to make gluten-free cooking easy.
“So many chefs don’t make it practical to make their recipes without gluten, that’s why I’m such a fan of Ella’s,” Emilie explained, “the tomato and aubergine bake is going to be the next recipe I’ll attempt”.
Ellie and Jane had come to meet Ella both as fans, and as editors of the Food and Drink section of Bristol University’s Epigram. “As students, we really appreciate that Ella focuses on affordable ingredients,” Ellie said.
“So many chefs include a huge list of ingredients that come to £10 a head, and once you’ve made the meal, the expense doesn’t seem worth it,” Jane added.
Despite being well-known for being part of the ‘clean-eating’ boom in food blogging, Ella has sought to distance herself from the term. ‘Clean-eating’ has come under criticism from health groups who claim many of the claims of ‘clean-eating’ are not substantiated by science. In a BBC Horizon documentary on the topic, Ella claimed she had not used the term in the context in which it is now used.
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