‘Accessible’ Cooking for People With Multiple Sclerosis

This past weekend is still a bit of a blur for me. The trip from home to the Dublin airport, plus the flight to London City Airport, plus a short transfer to my hotel near the ExCeL London convention center took most of Friday and left me quite exhausted. And that was just the travel for an event in which I was to participate over the next two days! After a surprisingly decent night’s sleep, I rose and loaded my body with as much anti-fatigue medication as the prescription allowed and made my way to the event: MS Life 2016. This biannual event took place across the hall from the 32nd annual congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS). While the two events overlapped in time and space, one was for MS researchers from around the world, and the other was the largest gathering of people living with multiple sclerosis in Europe. Nearly 3,000 people living with MS and their families attended the two-day event. ‘Entertaining With Eggs’ One of the features — along with workshops on everything from keeping active and wheelchair dancing to the latest research on brain health and children’s activities — was the MS Kitchen. I was honored to be asked back this year to offer two cooking demonstrations for the gathered crowd of our MS brothers and sisters. Many people with MS ask me about simple but pleasing dishes they might be able to manage when having someone over for a meal, so I called my first presentation “The Incredi...
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