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Our A to Bee of winter swarmers – but the beekeepers have the Braggot rights!

Our A to Bee of winter swarmers – but the beekeepers have the Braggot rights!

SATURDAY night. So ToM’s in a railway arch with whatever’s the collective name for a group of urban beekeepers. The bees themselves have the copyright on swarm. The reason we’ve descended on Runaway Brewery in ...

6 December 2017 by Neil Sowerby

HOW TO CREATE A FESTIVE FEAST… STORE STREET EXCHANGE'S TOP TEN TURKEY TIPS

HOW TO CREATE A FESTIVE FEAST… STORE STREET EXCHANGE'S TOP TEN TURKEY TIPS

STORE Street Exchange has created a reputation for its rotisserie chicken and now its turning its attention to Christmas dinner. TOM asked head chef Stuart Fox to share his Top 10 Turkey Tips for foolproof ...

5 December 2017

Great British Pizza Co – does it live up to the thin and crispy plaudits?

Great British Pizza Co – does it live up to the thin and crispy plaudits?

IT was a bit soggy bottom time to see no Manchester operator shortlisted in this year’s National Pizza Awards, won by some joint in Kensington. The kind of place Mary Berry – who famously confessed ...

5 December 2017 by Neil Sowerby

WHISKY LOUNGE WARM UP THE CHRISTMAS MARKETS WITH THEIR FUND_RAISING MANCHESTER BLEND

WHISKY LOUNGE WARM UP THE CHRISTMAS MARKETS WITH THEIR FUND_RAISING MANCHESTER BLEND

THERE’S an alternative to gluhwein as a winter warmer at Manchester Christmas Markets. Stop by The Whisky Lounge’s debut Pop Up Festive Whisky Hut in Brazennose Street. It offers the chance to sample a tot ...

5 December 2017

Don’t miss the bus – Sauce and the City: Christmas Special

Don’t miss the bus – Sauce and the City: Christmas Special

VEGANS, cross the road now. The Meat Lust brand is bringing its bright pink double decker bus back for Sauce and the City: Christmas Special. For two days only (December 8 and 9) this seasonal ...

5 December 2017

Mary-Ellen McTague’s The Creameries hits £20,000 target inside four days

Mary-Ellen McTague’s The Creameries hits £20,000 target inside four days

FANTASTIC news from The Creameries Chorlton crowdfunding project. Chef Mary-Ellen McTague, baker Sophie Yeoman and designer Soo Wilkinson have hit their £20,000 target inside four days. The cash will be used to buy all of ...

1 December 2017 by Neil Sowerby

Share the Italian joy of Christmas with a classic pizza at Proove, West Didsbury

Share the Italian joy of Christmas with a classic pizza at Proove, West Didsbury

SO what makes the perfect pizza? The Neapolitans seem to have it down to a fine art and it’s reassuring to discover that Proove on Burton Road, West Didsbury is steeped in that tradition. The ...

30 November 2017 by ADVERTORIAL

Brexit on a plate? George’s Great British Kitchen ticks all the blighty boxes

Brexit on a plate? George’s Great British Kitchen ticks all the blighty boxes

GREAT British Menu, Great British Bake-off and now, on our John Dalton Street doorstep come early 2018, George’s Great British Kitchen, promising to “celebrate British food in a totally unique way”. “That’s why every single ...

29 November 2017 by Neil Sowerby

Cheers! Marble brewery celebrates its 20th birthday

Cheers! Marble brewery celebrates its 20th birthday

MONUMENTAL, that’s Marble, the godfather of Manchester craft brewing. We take for granted the choice of indie beers across our bars, but go back 20 years and the local choice was confined to the family ...

28 November 2017 by Neil Sowerby

ALTERNATIVE GRUB CHRISTMAS FOOD FAIRS KICK OFF ON FRIDAY, December 1

ALTERNATIVE GRUB CHRISTMAS FOOD FAIRS KICK OFF ON FRIDAY, December 1

GRUB Food Fair at Fairfield Social Club is getting in the Christmas spirit at its arches home on Temperance Street. Belying the sober name, expect lashings of mulled wine and cider plus Germany’s flaming super ...

28 November 2017 by Neil Sowerby

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