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LIFE BEERS: Silk Sheets

LIFE BEERS: Silk Sheets

Guinness Draught Can // 440ml // Co-op / everywhere // £4.89 4 packI've been going through a Guinness phase. It started in February of this year when I went to a cousin's wedding in Ireland. ...

18 December 2015 by David Bailey

Electrik turn up the voltage with new winter menu

Electrik turn up the voltage with new winter menu

Things are heating up in Chorlton as Electrik, the quirky sibling of award-winning eaterie Volta in West Didsbury, release a new winter menu.Better known for its craft beers, quality DJ sets and throwing a good ...

18 December 2015 by Lucy Lovell

Old hand Salvi's heads the Italian invasion of the Corn Exchange

Old hand Salvi's heads the Italian invasion of the Corn Exchange

TYPICAL. You wait ages for one Italian restaurant to come along and then two hit the ground running – at the Corn Exchange. Taste of Manchester joined the throng on Wednesday (Dec 16) celebrating the ...

17 December 2015

It’s the final countdown – Friday Food Fight NYE at Great Northern

It’s the final countdown – Friday Food Fight NYE at Great Northern

SEE out 2015 with the last ever Friday Food Night – starting on a Thursday! Because that is New Year’s Eve. Still the party goes on in the Great Northern Warehouse with a packed agenda ...

16 December 2015 by Neil Sowerby

Pig out on New Year’s Eve at the Bangers & Bacon Chefs Table

Pig out on New Year’s Eve at the Bangers & Bacon Chefs Table

END the year as you started it is a TOM maxim. That’s why we are tempted to take on board one more tasting menu to see 2015 out. OK, December 31 dining usually consists of ...

16 December 2015 by Neil Sowerby

The 12 books of Christmas – treat the obsessive foodie in your life

The 12 books of Christmas – treat the obsessive foodie in your life

GALLIMAUFRY is one of my favourite words. Originally it was a kind of stew; then transmogrified (another fave) into meaning a jumble or medley, which is appropriate for my eclectic selection of food books to ...

14 December 2015 by Neil Sowerby

The Spanish are on top of their game at Iberica with a special menu

The Spanish are on top of their game at Iberica with a special menu

GAME season is a particular delight here at Taste of Manchester. It summons up memories of Robert Owen Brown serving up an old school whole grouse with bread sauce and game chips… or perhaps an ...

14 December 2015 by Neil Sowerby

Life Beers: Nice one, Naughty!

Life Beers: Nice one, Naughty!

Vocation Brewery “Naughty & Nice"Straight outta Hebden Bridge comes Vocation Brewery. No doubt in ma mind one of the best breweries of 2015. What defines one of the best? When you've not had a bad ...

11 December 2015 by David Bailey

Bumper Levenshulme market – perfect for prezzie hunting

Bumper Levenshulme market – perfect for prezzie hunting

LEVY Market came a cropper late weekend, cancelled due to the horrific weather, but it’s back this Saturday (December 12) in a bumper version and looks a great place to snap up a Christmas present ...

11 December 2015 by Neil Sowerby

Jack Frost Nipping At Your Nose? Try These Winter-Warmer Cocktails

Jack Frost Nipping At Your Nose? Try These Winter-Warmer Cocktails

Everybody knows Mulled Wine is one of the greatest things about Christmas-time, but if you're entertaining guests over the festive season, try making some of these Nogs and Toddys that you can enjoy either hot ...

10 December 2015

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