Sunday, December 10, 2023
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A selection of articles about local food producers, retailers, chefs and those supporting the local food and farming industry.

Rose Prince

“Several things in my life turned me into a cook. I grew up in the country but wasn’t horsey or interested in country sports...

People in Food – Giuseppe Bosi

As his name suggests, Giuseppe Bosi, owner, with his wife Suzanne, of Gelateria Beppino in Bridport, has roots in Italy. But, he is, in...

Tamasin Day-Lewis

In the annals of my memory, the most resonant echo is that of afternoon tea. It is the meal to which the term ‘treat’...

Rural Revolution by Owen Day

It is increasingly clear that the industrialisation and intensification of farming in the UK have caused huge damage to our wildlife, soils and rivers. ...

Swimming against the tide

As a youngster Simon Ford launched a campaign called ‘Operation Save the Eel’ to stop his Grandad from eating eels. Today he delights in...

Tamasin Day-Lewis

June is the start of it. That endless blue sky, long-light, lazy-lunch feel that carries us through the summer and the holidays and puts us in mind of al fresco picnics, garden lunches, rugs and showers and easy food where the temperature of the food is less important and critical than the temperature outside. That peculiarly British thing of braving the breeze and the cloud on the horizon and taking food outside no matter what.

People in Food – Kate Robertson

From gluten-free organic flour to beetroot and parsnip crisps, ginger biological washing up liquid to organic olive oil, chocolate and salted vanoffee cashews to...

Tyskie and Pierogis

Big things come in small packages, an aphorism as true for gifts as it is for the diminutive Polish Delicatessen in Weymouth. Located opposite the train station, the Tardis-like shop sells thousands of Polish foods and drinks in an area the size of a large living room, and though a visit to the shop may not be the same as going to Poland, it is certainly the next best thing.

People in Food – Joe Baron

Landlord, Chef and Proprietor of the Shave Cross Inn, Joe Baron is a welcome addition to the echelon of hardworking individuals elevating Dorset’s oldest...

Richard Bertinet

Richard Bertinet may prove to be a great advertisement for the boy scouts. One of the first nuggets of wisdom he passes on to...
Smoking Food

Smoking Indoors

It has been some ten years since my move to Dorset from London and not a day goes by when I don’t count my...

Unique air-dried ham

CAPREOLUS Fine Foods, the award-winning artisan charcuterie business founded and run by David and Karen Richards at Rampisham, has launched a remarkable new product...