food

The Bollywood Brass Band

Event Date: 
20/10/2012 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Sat 20 Oct - Doors 8:00pm, £12 (£10), with meal £18 (£16)

Lose yourself in Bollywood for the night with the great tunes and compulsively danceable rhythms of the most popular music in the world. The experience is completed with projections of sensational dance sequences featuring India’s greatest actors and actresses, in sync with the live music. Four funky drummers and six hot horns play massive hits from Indian films, all driven by the huge beat of the dhol drum. They’ve been a big hit on the festival circuit,...

Hillside Foods make a delightful complement

Authored by Liz Vizard
Posted: Thu, 10/04/2012 - 6:10pm

I knew Jay and Will Allan, brothers and partners in speciality food business Hillside as they grew up in Exeter, and have watched the progress of their company with admiration. Established in 2009 the business has grown from supplying local restaurants and farm shops in its early days to supplying the hospitality areas at the London Olympics this summer.

In their formative years Will and Jay spent time at their grandparents’ Somerset smallholding and remember with pleasure harvesting produce from the farm and helping their grandmother create wonderful home-cooked dishes....

Real Food Store Cafe Exhibition: Escape

Event Date: 
02/10/2012 - 9:00am to 27/10/2012 - 6:00pm
Venue: 
Real Food Store Cafe

You are warmly invited to the open evening of the new show at the Real Food store cafe on Thursday 4 October 6-8pm. Their fabulous new show is called 'Escape' and features the work of a group of three local artists whose paintings include bright, floral, landscape, townscape and still life, working in all media. Opens on Tuesday 2 October until Saturday 27 October. Featured artists include: Lynne Ong: Lives and paints around the Tamar Valley, primarily concentrates on landscapes in oil and acrylic (image above 'Gunnislake before the rain'); Kari McGowan: Painter and teacher specialising in...

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