Kokova Magazine

Calling pubs up and down the country to start planning for Cask Ale Week 27th September to 6th October 2013 and get people celebrating Britain's national drink at your pub. The theme, the Great Big Taste Challenge gives plenty of scope to highlight your cask offer, run promotions and put on events. Get your chef to recommend cask ales to match each dish on the menu; involve your local CAMRA branch in an event; get loyal cask ale drinkers to 'introduce a friend' through promotions or sampling activity; give prizes for the best descriptions of the taste of each cask ale you sell.

In the approach to this weekend's Allergy & Free From Show at Olympia (7-9 June), which is regarded as a major highlight in the free from food retailers calendar, Fria, Sweden's most successful, award-winning gluten-free bakery and the market-leader in the Scandinavian countries, has announced that its products are now available in the UK through more than sixty online and independent retailers including GoodnessDirect.

Manchester's urban gardening festival 3rd - 11th August 2013... From King Street to the Cathedral, via fine food, flowers and a fête, with markets, workshops and public art - join Manchester's urban gardening festival 'Dig the City'. Supported by the National Trust, this event will inspire visitors as it transforms the city centre into a natural wonderland.

The Giggling Squid chain of Thai restaurants has announced new openings in Reigate and Marlow, with the recruitment of a Property Director, who will oversee the Group's expansion to 80 sites within seven years. Following building delays to a £350,000 development in Reigate, caused by the discovery of a 60 cubic metre tunnel beneath the 250 year old property, a sixth Giggling Squid is now on schedule to open on 30th June 2013.

If you enjoy a glass or two of wine but suffer from a sensitivity to sulphites, find your hangover starts before the night ends, you're sneezing for no reason and you wake up with an inflamed face and the beginnings of an acne breakout, help is at hand. RAW, the UK's biggest independent wine fair brings together a wide range of producers showcasing a fantastic selection of wines including many that are sulphite-free.

Brighton's 'Indian Summer' has combined the two greatest English culinary traditions - the Sunday roast and Indian food - with the introduction of new tandoor dishes and live music on Sundays. Most joints of meat are baked, rather than roasted but the Indian Summer roast meat on skewers in their tandoor oven.