Food & Drink

On Monday 9 September John Wright, renowned mycologist and wild food fanatic of River Cottage fame, will give a talk on wild foraging – what to see, where and when to find it and how best to cook it.

John will be joining the EDDC Countryside team at the Axe Estuary Wetlands from 6.30 to 8.30pm.

John has written three River Cottage foraging handbooks – Mushrooms, The Edible Seashore and Hedgerows. This autumn his fourth handbook, Booze will be released. He is passionate about making beer, wine and other boozy treats from all sorts of ingredients to be found growing wild in...

With the forecast set for more warm weather over the next few weeks, it's still the perfect time to enjoy eating fresh, delicious dishes outside. Add a splash of South Devon Chilli Farm's new Cold Pressed Rapeseed Chilli Oil, which has been made with rapeseed oil from the award-winning Bell & Loxton, to give your food a spicy, tasty new twist. South Devon Chilli Farm's Cold Pressed Rapeseed Chilli Oil, which comes in an elegant 250ml glass bottle, is currently available both online at www.sdcf.co.uk and in a wide range of deli's and independent stores (RRP £4.65). A blend of South...

100 cyders and 100 acts will star in a new festival in September. The Big Apple is a brand new three day event held at Healey’s Cyder Farm, near Perranporth, from Friday 27 to Sunday 29 September 2013. A celebration of the West Country’s cyders and great music, tickets include a tractor ride through the orchards of this working farm and four cyder samples. Commercial director, Joe Healey, said: “September is the perfect time to hold a cyder festival, especially this year as we are looking forward to a bumper harvest. “Festival goers will be able to watch our apples being harvested, then...

Award-winning South West based garden Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Rosemoor , is holding a series of events this Autumn to tantalise the taste buds in celebration of the area’s prominence as a specialist supplier of food and drink to top chefs and restaurants all over the country.

The events kick off with Rosemoor’s Local Produce Show on 17 August when local growers and producers bring the finest examples of their efforts to the garden to be judged and for visitors to view. Winners from across the region will be crowned ‘best in the West’ in over 65 categories, including...