The most hotly anticipated food event of the year, the legendary British Sausage Week 2011, launches on Monday 31st October. Now in its 14th incredible year, British Sausage Week is celebrating the legend that is the great British sausage, with a competition for butchers, supermarkets and chefs to enter their Legendary British Bangers.
September 21st 2011 marks the 30th anniversary of the International Day of Peace. As we begin to countdown to the observance, we pay tribute to the many civil society activists who lent the strength of their imagination to the institution of this Day.
Quintessential British fruits, damsons and blackberries - and stewing in port with shortbread couldn’t celebrate that more. Double the shortbread mix to keep some for the next day or two.
"So often I get asked what to do with the glut of courgettes that fill a grower's arms, apron or basket. Here is a recipe based on a soup that I ate in Italy. It was so good I ordered it again that night (I ate in that same restaurant for dinner after a long circular walk that conveniently brought me back to its front door)". - Valentine Warner.
To celebrate Organic September and inspire people to cook with seasonal organic ingredients the Soil Association has collected a mouth-watering array of recipes from renowned chefs and food writers including Allegra McEvedy, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Valentine Warner, Sophie Grigson, Jane Baxter, Raymond Blanc, Geetie Singh, Darina Allen, Tim Bouget and Xanthe Clay.
Welcome to the 2011 Wrexham and District National Eisteddfod (a Welsh festival of literature, music and performance) where there will be plenty of fun and activities on the Maes from 30 July - 6 August 2011.
