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Garlic Galore at Le Delice

by Rowenna Williams
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We went to the annual Garlic Festival at Le Delice in Malvern on Saturday. There were two stalls set up outside the French deli offering customers the opportunity to try free tasters of garlic soup, snails and garlic ice cream.
I tried my first ever snail. The texture was a little unusual, and the flavour of [...]

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Chocolate Truffles

by Rowenna Williams
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Sad person that I am I have already started thinking about Christmas and what foodie goodies I can give as gifts. So, last week the kitchen experiments started with Chocolate Truffles.
Although they may not look pretty these truffles were super-easy to make and extremely tasty. Next time I think I’ll use a melon baller to [...]

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Foodie fun at Four Shires Festival

by Rowenna Williams
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On Sunday we had the pleasure of going to the first ever Four Shires Festival at the beautiful Whitbourne Hall, Worcestershire. Situated in the house and grounds of this wonderful country home the festival featured a wealth of food, drink, arts and crafts from  local providers in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire.
We reached [...]

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Our Daily Bread

by Rowenna Williams
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Fed up of shop-bought stodge and put off by the high price of fresh bread in the local bakers I decided that baking my own bread would be a better alternative.
Filled with enthusiasm I purchased the River Cottage Handbook No.3 Bread by Daniel Stevens, a useful little book full of lovely recipes and advice to help [...]

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Glorious French Food in Paris

by Rowenna Williams
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I went to Paris for the first time in February – and what an amazing trip it was.
We stayed in the Hotel George Opera, just down the road from the Moulin Rouge, and within easy walking distance of some fantastic restaurants.
On our first day in the city we managed to find a small bar serving lunch. We ordered a platter [...]

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Happy 2011 to you all!

by Rowenna Williams
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Had a great New Year’s Eve with good food and friends. The highlight of the night was watching everyone try and do MC Hammer’s ‘U Can’t Touch This’ (Hammer time!) in our tiny living room. Amazingly nothing was broken. 
We are now recovering from the New Year’s Eve festivities and plan to cure hang-overs with a tasty roast [...]

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Pheasants – a cooking dilemma solved

by Rowenna Williams
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In an earlier post I mentioned that we had been given a brace of pheasants by a friend and were a bit boggled by what to do with them. Thank you to everyone for your suggestions.
We weren’t feeling particularly confident about preparing the birds and it’s at times like these that the internet is invaluable. [...]

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Enterprising, inspiring women…and recipes for pheasant

by Rowenna Williams
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I have just returned from the Mid-West Rural Enterprising Women 2010 conference at the Worcester Racecourse. Am now feeling very inspired.
I was lucky enough to hear presentations from our lovely blogger Miranda Ballard from Muddy Boots Foods and the fantastic Heather Gorringe (pictured) from Wiggly Wigglers (whose podcasts are brilliant, you should really download them).
The event [...]

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Ludlow Food Fest 2010

by Rowenna Williams
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The Ludlow Food Festival (10-12 September 2010) provided us with our weekend foodie fix. Situated inside the majestic Ludlow Castle, Shropshire, this event has been a feature in the food-lovers diary since 1995. 
After the brisk up-hill walk from the cricket ground car park to the castle our first action was to purchase and devour scrumptious pork baps with half-a-pint of ale from the Wye Valley Brewery. Lunch sorted we [...]

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His & Hers Review: Fusion Brasserie, Stoulton, Worcester

by Rowenna Williams
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Hers: Last week James and I finally got the chance to celebrate our first wedding anniversary (four days late) and decided to have dinner at Fusion Brasserie in Stoulton, Worcester – an award-winning restaurant run by Chef Felice Tocchini and his wife Fiorinda.
Although the weather was miserable, the welcome at Fusion was warm. We were [...]

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