AN impressive array of Spanish food specialists is represented at Festejar, a four-day celebration (Sept 1-4) of all things Spanish, back in Albert Square for a third year. The festival, sponsored by leading Rioja brand ...
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Avalanche slips away – another restaurant casualty
THE internet has become an elegy for failed restaurants. Long gone are the luxury fittings, the chefs, the dreams, but the websites linger on. When Taste of Manchester charted a recent raft of establishments going ...
Healthy Options at the Arndale Food Market
Summer is well and truly upon us, and although any body on a beach is technically a ‘beach-body’, it does help to have some lighter options for this time of year. The Arndale Market’s food ...
Mary-Ellen and Ruth host fund-raisers ahead of Ethiopia Action Against Hunger Trek
TWO of the most formidable females on the Manchester food and drink scene are hosting fund-raising events for Action Against Hunger ahead of an Ethiopian mountain trek they are taking part in to support the ...
Expanding Makers Market announce new venues – Chorlton and The Lowry
WE’RE losing track of the quest for world (or at least a street near you) domination that is the Makers Market. You’ll currently find one once a month in the Northern Quarter, Spinningfields, West Didsbury. ...
Cheers! Gin cocktails, Green Quarter premium gin and a splashing new Gin Festival
WITH Manchester Loves Cocktails in full swing (see our lowdown) it’s time to look forward to the next big spirited event, the The Gin Society Festival at Manchester Cathedral the first weekend in September. It ...
The Beastro boys serve up a street food feast for ‘Chef’ screening
FOOD apart, there’s nothing Taste of Manchester likes better than a film about food. There’s a new one out, Sweet Bean, a life-affirming, feelgood affair about an old Japanese lady who rescues an ailing street ...
MFDF’S FIRST HIDDEN BANQUET, WITH AIDEN BYRNE, GOES ON SALE ON FRIDAY AT 9AM
TICKETS for the first in Manchester Food and Drink Festival’s Hidden Banquet series is to go on sale at 9am. on Friday August 5. Just 220 diners will have the privilege of eating food by ...
Heroes of the Left – BEASTro trio expand their culinary horizons
IT’S not the kind of dish you’d associate with Bangers and Bacon or their carnivorous offshoot Well Hung. Look at it: scallops, cod and curried fondant potato with shallot puree. So have the Leftbank Kitchens ...
Fodder episode 6: The Body Coach podcast
This week on Fodder we hear from Joe Wicks, aka The Body Coach. His incredibly successful "lean in 15" body plan has seen him release two best selling books. Matt meets up with him at ...