food

Topsham Beer and Bacon Festival

Event Date: 
20/09/2014 - 3:15pm to 21/09/2014 - 3:15pm
Venue: 
Topsham Rugby Club, Exeter

The 2014 Topsham Beer and Bacon Festival is a fun two day weekend for the whole family who love good food and good ale.

Highlights include

Your own Topsham Beer and Bacon Festival Tasting Glass

Local Brewery Bars with Guest Draft Beers

Street Vendors selling pork and BBQ based food

Raffles and competitions in aid of charity Hospiscare

Live music from local bands

...and of course beer tastings!!

Hog Roast

Slow roasted pulled prk, smoked bbq pork & beef.

Tickets are £5 per day or £8 for the weekend when...

The Exeter Green Fair

Event Date: 
30/08/2014 - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral Green

Exeter's annual Green Fair returns to the Cathedral Green on Saturday 30 August from 10am until 4pm.

This is a FREE event with lots to do and see including Local Green Businesses, Food, Charities and Children's Entertainment.

In addition to the usual mix this year's special theme is "Fabrics of Society", exploring the issues around fabric and clothing.

Global flavour for Exmouth’s Strand

An international flavour comes to The Strand in Exmouth on Thursday (14 August) and through the weekend, when a selection of traders will be offering a mouth-watering selection of continental foods and other exotic goods.

The global market, which runs up to and including Sunday, features edible treats for all tastes – from lovers of savouryfoods to those with a sweet tooth – plus unusual gift items.

Products range from traditional Italian Biscotti, cakes and soft nougat to tasty Bratwurst sausages from a traditional German Schwenkgrill, while another trader is offering over...

Seven most powerful food combinations

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 08/09/2014 - 6:12pm

Eating healthy surely isn’t as easy as you might think it is.

Of course, everyone knows that fruits and vegetables are healthier than other foods, but what most people don’t know is how to mix certain foods to get the most powerful and healthy food combinations.

Experts constantly research the best ways to pair food, and these are the combinations they came up with:

1 - Tomatoes and broccoli

Broccoli and tomatos is a very powerful food combination that was discovered not too long ago. This discovery showed that the combination is able to help prevent...

Shop bought chickens test positive for Campolybacter

The Food Standards Agency has today published the first set of quarterly results from a new survey of Campylobacter, a food-poisoning bacteria, on fresh shop-bought chickens.

The results show 59% of birds tested positive for the presence of Campylobacter, which is considered to be responsible for more than 280,000 cases of food poisoning each year. In 4% of samples Campylobacter was also identified on the outside of the packaging.

Campolybacter is killed by thorough cooking, however, it is the most common form of food poisoning in the UK, affecting an estimated 280,000...

ActivAge Expo: healthy living for Devon's young at heart

An exciting programme is being finalised for a packed day of activities at the first ever ActivAge Expo ( www.activageshow.co.uk ) at Exeter Racecourse on Sunday 31 August.

The Lord Mayor of Exeter is due to open the event, which is aimed at the over 40s and anyone of more mature years who is interested in leading an active and fulfilling life.

It promises to be a fun and informative day, with lots of low-impact exercise routines to try out and ideas for a multitude of interesting pursuits and activities. There will also be finance and travel advice, and fresh ideas for...

Summertime and the slimming is easy

Authored by Penniball
Posted: Tue, 08/05/2014 - 12:29pm

Slimming just got easier in the summer with the help of your local Slimming World Group. Members at America Hall are having a great time - losing lbs and learning how Slimming in the Summer doesn't have to be tough. There's recipe sharing for alternative picnic snacks like scotch eggs, sausage rolls, quiche and so much more. There's the great British BBQ - a slimming world members best occasion with recipes for homemade coleslaw, BBQ chicken with homemade BBQ sauce, Moroccan skewers, pins and sangria, all made slimming world style and delicious.

Members at America...

Slim in the summer

Event Date: 
07/08/2014 - 5:15pm
Venue: 
America Hall, De La Rue Way, Pinhoe EX4 8PX

Slimming just got easier in the summer with the help of your local Slimming World Group. Members at America Hall are having a great time - losing lbs and learning how Slimming in the Summer doesn't have to be tough. There's recipe sharing for alternative picnic snacks like scotch eggs, sausage rolls, quiche and so much more. There's the great British BBQ - a slimming world members best occasion with recipes for homemade coleslaw, BBQ chicken with homemade BBQ sauce, Moroccan skewers, pins and sangria, all made slimming world style and delicious.

Members at America...

Food meets craft and music for new festival

Partners and sponsors gathered to celebrate the countdown for Nourish, Bovey Tracey's first annual festival of craft, food and music which takes place on 5 and 6 September.

The small town on the edge of Dartmoor has become a centre for contemporary culture; Bovey Tracey is home to one of the country’s top annual craft events, a nationally acclaimed centre for craft, and an award winning artisan cheese specialist.

Nourish will celebrate the best in regional food, craft and music in an event designed to feed the body, the mind and the senses. The festival is led by The...

Living Coasts - full of Fantastic Fish

Authored by Paigntonzoo
Posted: Fri, 07/18/2014 - 3:33pm

Torquay’s coastal zoo and aquarium is celebrating fish in all their forms this summer.

There will be looking, learning – and lunching.

The Living Coasts Fantastic Fish Festival will include cooking demos by top local chefs, trails, aquarium talks, craft activities and dive shows.

Clare Rugg: “Some fish species are part of our collection - others are food! Fish are amazing, vital, beautiful and useful. Fantastic Fish is a year-long event promoting sustainable fishing and a greater awareness of just how great fish are.”

Exhibitors from the marine world...

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