IS there no end to personable young lasses promoting healthy lifestyles through food? First we got Ella Woodward, author of ‘Deliciously Ella’, fastest selling debut cookbook of all time (200,000 copies sold by the end ...
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Simon Rogan and Pip Lacey headline Chef Live Theatre at Northern Restaurant Bar
A FEAST of top chefs demos is lined up for the North’s showcase food trade event – the Northern Restaurant & Bar at Manchester Central on March 15 and 16. Pip Lacey (below), from the ...
Taste the hotpot – the Pilcrow Project adds a crafty savoury to its workshops
[UPDATE: all workshops are now filled. Check the Pilcrow website for any spaces.]TASTE of Manchester has been following closely the gentle gestation of The Pilcrow, the city centre’s new self-build community pub taking shape in ...
Solita empire expands with acquisition of NQ neighbour Montpellier’s
EMPIRE building continues apace at Solita. Not content with running hugely succesful restaurants in Didsbury, Prestwich and the Northern Quarter, Franco Sotgiu and his team have taken over Montpellier’s, a Big Manc throw from that ...
So long Dryanuary: Track and Squawk collaborate for February Brewtap
Is there any other industry that sees as much collaboration as Manchester breweries? It's been a real joint effort - and for the sake of the local beer scene we hope it stays that way. ...
LIFE BEERS: Tracktoba
Track Toba / Oatmeal Stout / 5.6% / £3.80 a pint / The Beagle Track, oh Track, oh-oh Track (to the tune of Life, Oh Life, Oh-oh Life). What a good many beers these troopers ...
hangingditch presents BOUTIQUE AUSTRALIA winefair 2016
NOBODY does off-the-wall wine tastings quite like hangingditch, but even they have got us over barrel with a live video link-up with winemakers in Oz from a coffee shop! Hosting their own mini-masterclass from Down ...
Hungry Gecko’s Vegan Street Food – how it conquered this unlikely convert
IMPRESSIONABLE? I’d say so. I didn’t buy the tee-shirt but I did get the book, met the chef, ate the meal and then went home, left the bacon in the fridge, and COOKED VEGAN. I’ve ...
Chorlton Wine Bar Cellar Key to close for good after February 14
IF ever there was a suburban bar in love with wine it was Cellar Key. TOM, after its first visit, described its owner Andy Leathley (ex-Living Ventures) as “a man so engaged with the possibilities ...
Special supper a la Anthony Burgess – a literary giant to be trifled with!
POLYMATH Anthony Burgess, so multi-talented they named an International Foundation after him, dabbled in food as well as novel writing, serious composing and other cultural pursuits, This facet of hyperactive Manc genius is celebrated in ...