Kokova Magazine

With just over three weeks to go Love Food Festival is busy putting together a carefully selected timetable of game cookery demonstrations that will empower people to cook with game, and shine the light on some lesser known but delicious ingredients. Cookery school 'Hendra Barns' will be bringing their very own butcher along to teach people how to prepare a pheasant and rabbit from field to oven, covering everything from skinning and plucking to choosing the right herbs and flavours.

How you ever passed by a chocolatier and pressed your face to the glass, hoping for a better view and dreamed of sampling some of the decadent delights on display. Or yearned for a glimpse into the world of chocolate making, where you can taste as you learn and gain insights into this wonderful profession. Well, now you can enter the secret world of high-end chocolate, hidden around the Capital, with Chocolate Ecstasy Tours.

On the last weekend in September we headed up to Tobacco Dock, Wapping for the 8th London International Tattoo Convention. Billed as "the biggest, best, most significant, and utterly awesome convention in the world" we went along to see just how awesome it was going to be - and to find out if there was more to this weekend than simply watching people get inked.

Approximately 25,000 visitors poured into Cockermouth over 29th and 30th September, as organisers of 2012's Taste Cumbria Food Festival have announced the highest visitor figures ever. A town fast gaining a reputation as a food lovers' paradise, Cockermouth and the Taste Cumbria Food Festival is now firmly established as a date in the diary.

Following the success of London's first Deliziando Italia food festival in April 2012, the Melia White House hotel is proud to announce its highly anticipated return this autumn. From the 15th - 28th October 2012, the hotel will once again play host to a wide selection of delicacies from the Emilia-Romagna region in North-East Italy, showcasing delicious, authentic cuisine and introducing Londoners to the very best that Italy has to offer, right on their doorstep.

With his new album due for release on the 5th November 2012, Joe Brown can justifiably lay claim to being the current King of the Ukulele. This long awaited album has some surprising song choices - all handled in Joe's inimitable style! Anyone who saw Joe close the George Harrison Tribute concert with 'I'll See You In My Dreams' can be in no doubt as to his skill set and feel for a song; being citied by some of the biggest rock performers as a world class player.