A TRADITIONAL Catalan winter food festival that involves giant onions called calcots and red wine poured into the mouth from a great height, La Calçotada is a unique gastronomic and cultural ritual that people all ...
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Mary-Ellen McTague appointed head chef at Real Junk Food Project
WHEN the Real Junk Food Project advertised for a “creative genius” to run the kitchen at Manchester's first “waste food” pay-as-you-feel restaurant, due to open in mid-March at the Wonder Inn, Shudehill, you felt they ...
KIDS GET HALF TERM VIP PIZZA TREATMENT AT CORN EXCHANGE SALVI’S
SALVI’S has launched their first dedicated Kids’ Pizza at their new Corn Exchange restaurant, alongside special custom-made pizza making experiences – perfect for keeping the youngsters occupied this half term. The Pepper Pig Forever Manchester ...
Heat is on for food critics at Action Against Hunger cook-off at Fazenda
FOOD reviewers are kind-hearted folk. OK, perhaps when a restaurant disappoints they can be a bit poisonous but give them a good cause and they step up, even when it means chefs getting their own ...
Bangers, booze and bands at packed March festival
THE title of the weekend nearly says it all: Manchester Sausage, Cider, Beer and BBQ Festival, but there’s entertainment, too, with a total of 14 tribute acts across both days. You know the score – ...
Marble NQ upstairs turns the tables with cask – and cocktails!
FIRST impressions? I swear by them. So when I saw part one of the refit of 57 Thomas Street, Marble’s Northern Quarter outpost (the original pub, the Marble Arch is too far up Rochdale Road ...
Groundbreaker Paul Heathcote puts his remaining restaurants up for sale
PERHAPS Manchester is only a footnote in the stellar career of Paul Heathcote, who has just put up for sale the last two restaurants in a once formidable culinary empire – Heathcotes Brasserie and the ...
Charlotte Queen of Cakes finds a new home at Harvey Nicks
THESE colourful confections are livening up the cake counter at Harvey Nichols from today (Friday, February 12). Taste of Manchester suggests you buy one for the love of your life this Valentine’s. So much sweeter ...
Simon Rogan launches first ever a la carte menu at The French
ADMIT it – the thought of an £85 epic tasting menu can fill you with dread, even when it’s been devised by that great culinary wizard Simon Rogan. For us an experience not to be ...
The Lead Station unveils Cookery Book To Celebrate 20th Anniversary
READING about great food comes only second to sampling it for Taste of Manchester. And when the book is packed with easy to cook recipes like the new one celebrating 20 years of Chorlton institution ...