food

Nourish Festival makes a triumphant return to Bovey Tracey

Nourish festival of food, craft and music, Bovey Tracey Music: Fri Sat 5 September Food & Craft: Sat 5 Sept

Following the commercial and critical success of the first Nourish Festival last year, Bovey Tracey will once again host some of the region’s top food producers and craft makers, alongside a programme of nationally and internationally renowned musicians.

The Nourish Food Fair will fill Bovey's high street with some of the best producers from the South West on Sat 5 September. As well as the regular Bovey Farmer’s Market, the length of the High Street will be...

Exeter joins the top table on good food

Exeter has been recognised for its pioneering work to promote healthy and sustainable food and has become the 40th member of the Sustainable Food Cities Network, one of the fastest growing social movements in the UK today.

Exeter joins cities such as Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh and London that have made exemplary progress in improving access to good food and in tackling key issues like food poverty and waste. Exeter Community Food Network - which is a growing partnership of organisations that includes the City Council, businesses and community groups - will be sharing Exeter’s...

Age UK Exeter Summer Fete

Event Date: 
04/07/2015 - 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Venue: 
St Thomas Pleasure Ground, Exeter

Our upcoming fundraising Summer Fete is due to take place on sat 4th July in St Thomas Pleasure Grounds:

Our annual fundraising Summer Fete is going to be even bigger and better this year with live music, entertainment, children's activities, delicious cakes, craft and plant stalls.

There will also be a bouncy castle & toddler play area, food & drink plus a beer tent, classic bikes, face painting, badge making and games.

A great value day out for all the family and you will be supporting your local Age UK to provide support and services for older people...

St David's Church Summer Fete

Event Date: 
04/07/2015 - 11:30am to 2:30pm
Venue: 
St David's Church, Exeter (opposite Exeter College)

Great Community Event Free Entry Fun for all the Family All Welcome On come Rain or Shine http://www.stdavidschurchexeter.org.uk/

One in three children have not heard a cow moo or a sheep baa up close

Hearing a real cow moo or a sheep baa for the first time is a special moment but a new survey of primary school children has revealed that this experience is becoming increasingly rare.

The results show that more than 1 in 3 children have never heard a sheep baa (37 per cent) or a cow moo (34%) up close, with thousands only experiencing it through their TV or computer screens. The survey, which was released ahead of this weekend’s Open Farm Sunday, revealed the disconnect many children have with farming and where their food comes from. One in four children (24 per cent) surveyed...

'Let food be thy medicine' at River Cottage

Authored by Sharon Goble
Posted: Tue, 05/19/2015 - 12:33pm

A qualified medical herbalist from East Devon will be sharing her knowledge of everyday foods and their health benefits with visitors at this weekend’s River Cottage Spring Food Fair.

Jayne Palmer from Roots to Health is giving a talk based on a quote from Hippocrates: "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food". She will explain how common ingredients like onion, garlic and fennel contribute to a healthy diet and how, in concentrated form, they can have medicinal uses.

Roots To Health is a complementary consultancy, advice and prescription practice...

East Devon forms partnership with River Cottage

An exciting opportunity for East Devon District Council’s Countryside team and River Cottage to collaborate has been cemented following a series of meetings held at River Cottage’s HQ at Park Farm and the Seaton Wetlands.

Both teams are keen to inspire visitors about East Devon’s outstanding natural environment by working together on each other’s sites. Initial discussions have led to agreement to the following joint working:

• East Devon District Council’s Countryside team to attend River Cottage’s Food Fair on May 23 and 24 as one of their exhibitors and to promote East...

Guide showcases best dining in the SW

"After last year’s good summer, and the easing up of the recession, we’re heading into an exciting new era of top quality dining in the South West," says two Michelin-starred chef Michael Caines of Gidleigh Park, and chairman of the Trencherman’s Guide’s editorial board.

"With consumers increasingly viewing the South West as an exceptional food destination, we chefs are feeling buoyant and confident in developing the dining scene further. And nothing showcases what’s going on in the South West dining scene as successfully as The Trencherman’s Guide."

For 23 years The...

Exeter Street Food Night Market

Event Date: 
02/04/2015 - 5:30pm
Venue: 
Transit Shed, Exeter Quay

The popular Night Markets at Exeter Quay return with a whole host of exciting street food to tempt the taste buds and of course a pop up bar run by local favourites The Prospect Inn.

The night market takes place on the first Thursday of every month from 2 April.

5.30pm-9.30pm.

www.streetfoodexeter.co.uk

Fall in love with your freezer

Say ‘frozen food’ and many of us instantly think of chips, pizzas and ready meals.

There’s a bit of a stigma attached to food that lives in the chill zone, but we should all think again: March is Frozen Food month - and for anyone counting calories, frozen foods might well be the stars of the show.

Emma Brown, in-house nutritionist for calorie counting App and website, Nutracheck, said: “Many of us are totally underwhelmed by our freezers, seeing them as a convenience that rarely goes beyond ice cubes, frozen peas and ice cream.

“Yet for anyone counting calories,...

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