AN organic blue cheese from a creamery in southern Oregon was named World Champion Cheese 2019 at the World Cheese Awards, held for the first time in Italy. Rogue River Blue, chosen by the panel of judges in Bergamo, is the USA’s first champion in the international competition, organised by the Guild of Fine Food…
ONE of the traditions of Wells Literary Festival is a cookery-influenced event on the last Saturday morning, with patron Caroline Waldegrave asking the questions. This year the guest on Saturday 26th October will be Guardian food writer Felicity Cloake, whose new book, One More Croissant for the Road, has been praised by fellow cookery writers…
SCREEN Bites, the Second Slice, continues the 2019 festival of film and food with Mystic Pizza at Stourton Caundle village hall on Wednesday, 23rd October. This charming and funny film, charts the lives and loves of three unforgettable waitresses in a little town called Mystic. For sexy Daisy Araujo (Julia Roberts), her sensible sister Kat…
DEVON cheesemaker Mary Quicke has been named Dairy Industry Woman of the Year Award at the national Women in Dairy Conference, held at Sixways Stadium, Worcester. She was selected by the panel for having consistently demonstrated the core values of Women in Dairy – to connect, share and inspire. Since taking the reins of the…
DORCHESTER Arts celebrates Dorset apples at Ashton Barn, Martinstown, on Sunday 6th October, from 3 to 5.30pm, with a mini-festival including music, poetry and an apple-themed afternoon tea. There will be quizzes, games, a baking competition with fantastic prizes, and music from harpist Sarah Deere-Jones and local group Jam Please! – plus cake, pies, cider…
SOMETIMES you just need a treat. There are people who claim that they only “eat to live” and others whose attitude is more “live to eat.” Most of us, fortunately, come somewhere in between. But sometimes you need a treat and on those days there are few destinations that offer more than Summer Lodge, the…
SCREEN Bites, the Second Slice,the successor to the original Screen Bites Food and Film Festival, enters its second autumn season with one of the finest food films of all – Babette’s Feast – at Gold Hill Organic Farm, Child Okeford, on Friday, 13th September. This great film, dating from 1987 and starring the luminous Stephane Audran,…
SOUTH West food and drink producers were among the top winners at the National Trust Fine Food Produce Awards, which were announced at the BBC’s Countryfile Live show at Blenheim Palace. Highlights include the overall drinks award for the traditional craft cider produced by the South Somerset Apple Juice and Cider Project at Barrington Court,…
NEVER heard of guanciale? Well, you really need to try this glorious charcuterie, particularly the award-winning version made by West Dorset-based Capreolus, who have just won the prize for this year’s Great Taste Charcuterie Product of the Year. The award was presented to Karen and David Richards, founders of Capreolus Fine Foods, at Rampisham, for…
IF you find yourself on the M5 any time, the one good thing – apart from the views of the Cotswolds and the Malvern Hills – is Gloucester Services. Among the delights you will find in this farm shop-style service station are the delicious and award-winning products of Gloucester’s Artisan Kitchen, a top winner in this…