DORSET-based food writer Sue Quinn has won the British Food Award in this year’s Guild of Food Writers annual awards, announced at the Holland Park Theatre in London. The award related specifically to Sue’s column for the Dorset magazine. Born in Australia, Sue Quinn began her career as a news reporter in Sydney and Canberra…
THE National Trust’s Tyntesfield is hosting a new midsummer event, an evening of music and poetry in the estate’s Victorian kitchen garden on Sunday 24th June. Tyntesfield was bought in the 1840s by the Gibbs family, who famously made their money on the trade of guano. It has been in the care of the National…
ORDINARY people are often ahead of big business when it comes to environmental concerns – the vast majority of shoppers were quite happy to bring their own bags to supermarkets, despite the concerns of retailers that a small charge for plastic bags would lead to plummeting profits. Similarly, it seems to be difficult to persuade…
THE future of food and farming was explored in a lively debate at Bristol Food Connections when speakers, including Patrick Holden, the founder-director of the Sustainable Food Trust, discussed alternatives to the unhealthy trajectory of industrialised food production. The event took place at River Cottage Kitchen, and the debate was led by Peter Greig, founder…
BRISTOL-based Extract Coffee Roasters has opened a new barista training facility in Sustainable Bankside. The space is made from locally sourced recycled materials destined for landfill. The coffee roasters used an old Covent Garden pub floor for their espresso bar, and its benches are made from leftover supplies sourced from a housing project in Victoria….
THERE is an invitation for cheese lovers to a summer cheese tasting at Quicke’s Farm Shop in Newton St Cyres, near Exeter on Saturday 23rd June, from 10.30am. The award-winning Devon-based cheesemaker is paving the way for garden feasts this summer with a series of tasting sessions at the farm shop. The cheese tasting, hosted…
BEEKEEPERS will be in the garden at Mompesson House in Salisbury Cathedral Close on Saturday 16th June, for their annual Bee Day with the National Trust. Salisbury and District Beekeepers Association is a group of hobbyist beekeepers who meet regularly to discuss beekeeping matters and offer advice and support to fellow beekeepers and the public….
A YOUNG couple who travelled extensively in South America and returned to set up a herbal tea business at Shaftesbury are now established in Bath with their Yuyo range of organic infusions made with yerba mate. Many people wake up with a cup of coffee or tea, but in South America and some other parts…
LEIGH Food Fair, on Saturday 21st July at Leigh village hall, is a winning combination of great food and beautifully preserved vintage and classic cars. Open from 10am to 4pm, the 13th Leigh Food Fair is a chance to taste and buy some of the best food and drink from producers from West Dorset, South…
SCREEN Bites, The Second Slice, makes its debut as the next stage of Dorset’s food film festival, with a talk by Christine McFadden, author of the new book, Flour, and a screening of Wallace And Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death, at Bridport Arts Centre on Thursday 14th June. The original Screen Bites team…