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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 …
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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 …
Lunch at the Churchill Arms, Paxford
Nick Deverell Smith, head chef and proprietor of the Churchill Arms at Paxford has worked in many of the best known kitchens in Britain, with and for chefs including Eric …
An amazing orange cake by Emily Scott
I’d suggest that after chocolate, citrus is everyone’s favourite flavour. Flavours that excite the palate and add a refreshing touch. With that in mind, I am pleased to share simply …
Afternoon tea at Malmaison Cheltenham
How do you eat your afternoon tea? Do you start with the savouries, then eat the scones? Or perhaps dive into the top layer treats? There’s such a temptation to …
Sharing Grandma’s recipes at Cheltenham Festival of Food and Drink
I recently chatted with Jamie Williams who is creating the chef demonstration kitchen for the Cheltenham Festival of Food and Drink. I began wondering what it’s actually like as a …
Discover Gloucestershire Heritage Apples
How many apple varieties would you guess there are in Gloucestershire? Ten, twenty, 50? More than 100 apple varieties native to Gloucestershire have been documented: Eating apples, cooking apples and …
Abergavenny Food Festival
Get the dates in the diary for 2018, the Abergavenny Food Festival is not to be missed
River Cottage Festival – Fun, Food and Serious Chat
A food festival that really delivers: River Cottage Festival
Lunch at The Peacock, Oxhill
Discover the Peacock at Oxhill home of a cook from scratch menu including a very superior pie.