FoodLovers Britain
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Rent a Cherry Tree
Cherry Orchard
If you love cherries as much as I do, why don’t you rent a cherry tree? Michael Dallaway at Rent a Cherry Tree has a scheme where for £30 you can rent a cherry tree for a whole year, giving you the specific tree location in the orchard and when the cherries are ripe for the picking, you go along and pick them to devour as you wish!
What’s On – World Flounder Tramping Championships
Saturday 2 August 2008
Competition at Glen Isle Peninsula, Palnackie, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Competitors brave the mud flats of the Urr Water estuary to try to catch the heaviest flounder – or the smallest, or the largest – by walking across the mud, trapping the fish beneath their feet. They used to use leisters – three-pronged spears – but these are now disallowed, probably on healthy & safety grounds.
Entry is free. See – www.visitsouthernscotland.co.uk – for more details.
Jersey – land of flowing cream and cider brandy
Jersey cow says hi!
Just back from Jersey with news of my latest FoodFinds. Naturally the seafood is out of this world: lobster, Chancre crab, gambas the size of my feet…. (although being allergic to too-large prawns and lobster meant I could but drool as my husband tucked in). But who knew of Jersey wine from La Mare vineyard – dry, crisp and great with oysters, or their Jersey apple brandy, distilled from their own-made cider, or their ‘black butter’ made from their own – and local – apples, crushed with a little liquorice and cider to make a blackish-preserve that will make a fabulous marinade for pork…?
What’s On – Nantwich International Cheese Show
Tuesday 29 July – Wednesday 30 July 2008
Show at Dorfold Hall Park, Nantwich CW5 8LD
Having begun as a small cheese show over 100 years ago within the market town of Nantwich, the International Cheese Show has expanded so much – as the name suggests – it is now held in a vast marquee on the edge of town. Expect to find cheese from all four corners of the globe, with classes judging everything from Traditional Farmhouse to Stilton. Tuesday is press and trade day; Wednesday is open to the public.
Entry Free to Trade on Tuesday; £15 Wednesday
Contact agl4nantwichshow@aol.com
www.nantwichshow.co.uk
Gearing up for National Cherry Day
Loads of things are going on for National Cherry Day. Look out for the FoodLovers team at Borough Market, with cherry cheese tastings; buy cherries at Sheffield Country Market and Mortimer Country Food Fair in Hereford as well as Food Inc in Notting Hill and at The Ludlow Food Centre; look out for cherries on menus in restaurants across the country, including The Harrow Inn in Kent, Blueprint Cafe in London and The New Angel in Dartmouth.
What’s On – Hampshire Food Festival
Tuesday 1 July – Thursday 31 July 2008
Events across Hampshire
Hampshire is cramming 120 food events into the month of July to celebrate the best of local Hampshire food and drink. There are farm, brewery and vineyard tours, cookery demonstrations, workshops and masterclasses, farmers markets, farm trails and festival menus in restaurants across the county.
Entry Free, depending on the event
Contact hampshire.fare@hants.gov.uk
http://www.hampshirefare.co.uk
Henrietta Green and FoodLovers Britain
My name is Henrietta Green and welcome to FoodLovers Britain.
“Good food has been my driving force for longer than it’s polite to mention”.
The team at FoodLovers Britain like to champion British local and regional quality food.
Books: British Food Finds (pub. 1987), Food Lovers Guide to Britain (1993). Awards: Guild of Food Writers Award for the greatest contribution to British food, BBC Radio 4 Food Programme’s Campaigner and Educator 2000, The Good Housekeeping Award 2006 for Outstanding Contribution to Food.
