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Category Archives: Food & Drink

Take a Culinary Trip to the ‘Best Event in Wales’

Joel Harrison and Neil Ridley

Later this month Britain’s brightest culinary talent will be flocking to the Welsh Borders for a weekend of fun and feasting. They’ll  all be sharing their fabulous skills at the Abergavenny Food Festival (20 and 21 September) – ‘Best Event in Wales 2013’*. New initiatives this year include a Night Market on the Saturday and […]

Take a Culinary Trip to the ‘Best Event in Wales’

Later this month Britain’s brightest culinary talent will be flocking to the Welsh Borders for a weekend of fun and feasting. They’ll all be sharing their fabulous skills at the Abergavenny Food Festival (20 and 21 September) – ‘Best Event in Wales 2013’*. New initiatives this year include a Night Market on the Saturday and […]

Picky Eaters: Homemade Tagliatelle

Laura Williams lives locally and blogs about picky eaters. Are you one? Maybe you have a child that’s a picky eater? Laura’s recipe, below, might help! You don’t need a machine to make your own pasta; it’s actually incredibly easy and fun to make by hand with your Picky Pickers! It takes a while, and […]

Valentine Warner’s Open burger on sourdough with onion gravy and fried egg

Valentine kindly shared with us this recipe from his new book What to Eat Next, selecting this particular recipe as his choice for a hearty supper now that the seasons are changing. While this recipe calls for beef mince, Valentine recommends using deer mince for a delicious result. Serves 2 300g good fatty beef or […]

Valentine Warner’s Open burger on sourdough with onion gravy and fried egg

Valentine kindly shared with us this recipe from his new book What to Eat Next, selecting this particular recipe as his choice for a hearty supper now that the seasons are changing. While this recipe calls for beef mince, Valentine recommends using deer mince for a delicious result. Serves 2 300g good fatty beef or […]

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Fish and tomato curry

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall will be appearing at this year’s Abergavenny Food Festival to talk about his new book, ‘River Cottage Light & Easy‘; from which Hugh has kindly lent us this recipe. Fish curry may sound like an undertaking, but it can be fast because the fish itself cooks through in a matter of minutes. All […]

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Fish and tomato curry

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall will be appearing at this year’s Abergavenny Food Festival to talk about his new book, ‘River Cottage Light & Easy‘; from which Hugh has kindly lent us this recipe. Fish curry may sound like an undertaking, but it can be fast because the fish itself cooks through in a matter of minutes. All […]

Valentine Warner on Abergavenny, his Desert Island Pantry and What to Eat Next

Valentine Warner makes his fifth appearance at this year’s Abergavenny Food Festival. He took some time to chat exclusively to the Focus about his new book: What to Eat Next, and why he loves to keep coming back to Abergavenny. Valentine, this is your fifth year at the Abergavenny Food Festival. What keeps you coming […]

Valentine Warner on the Food Festival, his Desert Island Pantry and What to Eat Next

Valentine Warner makes his fifth appearance at this year’s Abergavenny Food Festival. He took some time to chat exclusively to the Focus about his new book: What to Eat Next, and why he loves to keep coming back to Abergavenny. Valentine, this is your fifth year at the Abergavenny Food Festival. What keeps you coming […]

An open garden with a difference at Llanover

Maggie’s, the charity which provides free practical, emotional and social support for people with cancer and their family and friends, is delighted that Elizabeth and Ross Murray have chosen to open their wonderful garden to the public on Sunday 21st September from 11am to 4 pm to support the campaign to build Maggie’s South East […]

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