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Authentic Thai Food In Phuket - Flavours You Can’t Miss

When people think of Thai cuisine, dishes like pad thai or green curry often spring to mind. But if you travel south to Phuket, you’ll quickly discover that the island has its own distinct food culture - spicy, rich, and deeply influenced by the history of Southern Thailand. For anyone keen on discovering authentic Thai food in Phuket , the island is a feast for the senses.

A History of Southern Thai Flavours

Southern Thai food is known for being bold, fiery, and aromatic. Historically, Phuket has been a trading hub where Chinese, Malay, and Indian influences mingled with...

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Rusty Pig hits the bottle

The Rusty Pig in Ottery St Mary is celebrating after receiving its alcohol licence.

The popular restaurant has had a free corkage ‘BYO’ policy since opening in 2011, but owner Robin Rea says he’s had to move with the times and offer alcohol on the premises.

“Although diners were always happy to bring along their own drinks, there’s something nice about have the opportunity to try a different tipple when you’re out for a meal,” he said.

Robin is working with independent wine merchants, Christopher Piper Wines of Ottery and Smith’s Wines of Exeter to bring an eclectic...

Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink returns for 13th year

Exeter’s annual food and drink festival continues to go from strength to strength with tickets for the 13th year selling fast.

Returning to Exeter Castle and Northernhay Gardens from 22-24 April, the Festival attracts more than 100 artisan food and drink producers from the region selling delicious south west meat, cheeses, bread, cider, wine, beer, oils, cakes and much more.

The award winning Festival has been championed by Michael Caines MBE since its launch in 2003 and the Michelin starred chef is as excited as ever about plans for this April.

Michael said: "I am...

Prue Leith heads to Budleigh Salterton

Cook, restaurateur, food writer and novelist Prue Leith will be taking part in a special event in Budleigh Salterton to discuss her latest novel, The Food of Love. Much loved food writer and catering specialist, Prue has played a key role in the revolution of Britain’s eating habits since the Sixties. Having published twelve cookbooks, she gave up writing about food in 1995 to concentrate on fiction. The Food of Love is Prue’s sixth novel and the first in a trilogy detailing the change in food, farming, cooking and the restaurant trade since World War Two. A tale of prejudice and ambition...

Zoos lead on healthy eating

Paignton Zoo Environmental Park and Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo, are helping visitors and local people to improve their diets.

The attractions are among local businesses working with Torbay Council to put more healthy choices onto children’s plates.

The Growing Kids project runs throughout the Bay and is led by the Food Safety Team at Torbay Council. Nicolas Legendre, Food Production Manager at Paignton Zoo and Living Coasts, explained: “We have been instrumental from day one of the project.

Our zoos were chosen because of our high food hygiene rating...

Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink tickets on sale

Tickets for the 2016 Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink are now on sale.

The 13th Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink will take place at the beautiful Northernhay Gardens and Exeter Castle from Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th April 2016.

The ultimate foodie event will bring you the very best of what the South West has to offer, and will feature more than 100 producers from the region as well as top chefs, workshops and food-themed activities for the whole family to enjoy.

Three After Dark Music Festivals will also be held on the Thursday, Friday and...

Don't be a turkey this Christmas

South West Water is calling on its customers to save the drains this Christmas and dispose of cooking fat, oil and grease responsibly.

The company's Head of Wholesale Waste Recovery and Environmental Protection, Guy Doble, said: "At Christmas, the volume of cooking fat entering the sewers increases dramatically.

"When the fat cools, it hardens, clogging pipes. It's not just sewers that suffer, household pipes can get blocked too which may result in hefty repair bills.

"Avoid pain in the drain this festive season by waiting for unwanted cooking fat, oil or grease to...

Blog: Student Life #10

One place arguably essential to student life, wherever you’re at university, is a good pub. I’m not a heavy drinker, I’m probably the lightest drinker possible to still be classes as a “drinker” so I don’t mean students need a good pub to get drunk, just to have a relaxed environment for socialising with friends.

The Victoria Inn, aka The Vic, can be found on Victoria Street; that’s not too hard to remember. With reasonably priced food and drinks, a friendly atmosphere and a location close to most student housing, it’s the ideal pub for students. The Ram on campus is okay but if...

Taking the stress out of Christmas dinner

Christmas is fast approaching, and as ever looks set to be a busy and potentially stressful time.

While 43% of people feel that buying presents is the main worry at Christmas, cooking Christmas dinner comes second along with family arguments!

That’s not surprising, considering that nearly a third of people will be eating Christmas dinner with more than seven guests and nearly half will spend over five hours preparing and cooking the festive meal.

If you’re worried about the fast-approaching festive season, one thing you definitely don’t want to add to your concerns...

Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink takes bronze at Tourism Awards

Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink took home a Devon Tourism Award for the third year running at last night’s ceremony, held at the Holiday Inn in Plymouth.

The Festival picked up a Bronze award for its 12th event, which took place in April at Exeter Castle and Northernhay Gardens.

The multi-award winning Festival also celebrated Silver in the 2014-2015 South West England Tourism Excellence Awards last year.

Of the win Derek Phillips, Board Chairman of the Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink says: “We are delighted to be recognised once again...

Devon vineyards lead the way

Devon vineyards lead the way as English fizz climbs to 4th most popular in the wine trade English sparkling wines are now the 4th best selling sparkling wines in the UK market.

Its producers are enjoying an extraordinary year of growth, with sales up by 48.5% compared to the summer of 2014, and has now overtaken New Zealand, which has slipped from fourth to sixth behind South Africa, according to Nielsen figures seen by wine web site Grapevine.

Right up there are the leading Devon sparkling wine producers with a string of international awards.

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Food & Drink

Authentic Thai Food In Phuket - Flavours You Can’t Miss

Rusty Pig hits the bottle

Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink returns for 13th year

Prue Leith heads to Budleigh Salterton

Zoos lead on healthy eating

Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink tickets on sale

Don't be a turkey this Christmas

Blog: Student Life #10

Taking the stress out of Christmas dinner

Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink takes bronze at Tourism Awards

Devon vineyards lead the way

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