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National Vegetarian Week

Lisa Higginson Foodies are being urged to swap their poultry for pulses and their spring lamb for spring greens during National Vegetarian Week (NVW). Organised by the Vegetarian Society, based in Altrincham, the seven-day celebration ...

18 May 2009

A celebration of food and drink at Southport

By Lisa Higginson Take a bite out of Southport’s food and drink scene at this weekend’s culinary celebration. Head down to the seaside town for a taste of locally grown produce, sample freshly-cooked delights and ...

16 May 2009

Festival for Lancashire food lovers

The fourth annual Pennine Lancashire Festival of Food and Culture will take place from Friday, August 17 to Thursday, September 17, 2009. Thousands of food lovers will experience gastronomic adventures across the county as the ...

13 May 2009

Friday chocolate club

Now this is my kind of club. The Chocolate Cafe in Ramsbottom has a Friday Chocolate Club, where they send you a different box of chocolates to try every Friday. So if anyone out there ...

6 May 2009

Foodie fun in Southport

Southport Food and Drink Festival is back again for the third year, and takes place from Thursday, May 14 to Sunday, May 17. This foodie event in ‘England’s classic resort’ is hugely successful and saw ...

5 May 2009

Andrew Nutter cooks up leftovers for new campaign

Chef Andrew Nutter took to the stage last week to demonstrate some great leftover recipes at the launch of Love Food Hate Waste. Starting off with those bread crusts that no-one eats and a bit ...

27 April 2009

MFDF announces 2009 festival dates

Get your diaries out now! For Manchester Food and Drink Festival announced its 2009 dates at the launch of Love Food Hate Waste, which will be its main sponsor this year. The highlight of any ...

27 April 2009

Loving food and hating waste

Love Food Hate Waste is a new campaign, launched in Manchester today, to educate people about the impact of wasting food. And even better, Manchester Food and Drink Festival has announced that Love Food Hate ...

22 April 2009

British Pie Awards

Pies form one of the staples of British home cooking, so what better way to celebrate them than British Pie Awards? You can put pretty much anything in a pie, savoury or sweet, and make ...

14 April 2009

Chester Food Festival over Easter weekend

Chester is preparing for the finale of its eighth food festival and this year‘s promises to be the biggest event yet with 20,000 people expected. The festivities kicked off with a number of pre-events through ...

9 April 2009

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