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Oldbury Tarts
A traditional Gloucestershire Recipe Do you make a traditional recipe from your locality? As a newcomer to Gloucestershire I really wasn’t aware of a particular recipe to make. There seemed …
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Buying fish online helps our fishing industry
If you watched Cornwall: This Fishing life BBC series, you’ll have seen just how challenging fishing for a living can be. With our local fishmongers closed – they were already …
Real bread can make you smile: Real Bread Week 2020
All over the United Kingdom (and further afield too) bakers spread the real bread message during the 11th Real Bread Week. It is not just about how good real bread …
Top Seven Reasons to Visit the Abergavenny Food Festival
Top 7 Reasons to Visit the Abergavenny Food Festival The Abergavenny Food Festival in Wales has become a firm fixture in my diary. Each year I have such an enjoyable …
Beer and Cheese are not the perfect pairing
Challenging the idea that cheese should be paired with beer When asked, most people would say that beer and cheese are the perfect match. But are they? At Stroud Brewery, …
How do you take your milk? In bottles or plastic cartons?
Plastic or Glass Bottles, or milk by vending machine? Reducing the amount of plastic I use is on my mind these days. Should I switch to milk in glass bottles? …
Getting to the core of cider at Thatchers
It’s the busiest time of the year at Myrtle Farm in Somerset home of Thatcher’s Cider. From August to November, the apples ripen and harvested and despatched for processing. The …
Baker Better Bread: Baking in the Rofco
Successfully baking bread in the Rofco oven Baking for yourself It’s quite a shock when you start baking bread for yourself. Justifying a bread oven when you’re not sure how …
British Hops at their best
British hops are sought by brewers all over the globe. One hop farm, Stocks Farm located on the Worcestershire/Herefordshire border grows enough hops to create 48 million pints of beer each …
Get yourself in a perfect pickle
There’s nothing like a good pickle to accompany your favourite cheese or charcuterie. It’s that all important zing that makes all the difference. Perhaps you like to put pickled onions …