Food & Drink

Local charity The Devon and Cornwall Food Association has been shortlisted as the potential recipient of up to £50,000 of People’s Millions Lottery Funding – an opportunity that will enable them to expand the vital work they do to redistribute in-date food that would otherwise be sent to landfill. Their project, Devon and Cornwall Food Action, is one of two projects chosen for the South West region but your help is now sought to secure the funding. A public vote on the 26 November will decide which project wins this year’s cash and your votes are needed.

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Following a fine summer for growing grapes in the UK, Devon vineyards have a lot to celebrate and an Exeter city centre food store is promoting their success. A range of locally produced Devon wines is being launched at the Real Food Store on Tuesday 19 November with a special wine tasting evening between 6pm and 8pm.

Three vineyards, all within 12 miles of the city, are supplying wine to the community owned store which opened in March 2011. Pebblebed, at Clyst St George, Yearlstone, at Bickleigh, and Manstree based at Shillingford St George.

Jo Hawkins, one of the...

NOT AN EXISTING CUSTOMER but you would really love to have a box of Fresh, Local, Organic Vegetables for your Xmas Dinner? PLEASE NOTE WE CAN ONLY DELIVER IN THE EXETER, DEVON AREA

Choose from 4 box sizes that will contain Potatoes, Carrots, Onions, Leeks, Brussel Sprouts, Parsnips, Swede, Cabbage, please let us know in the comments, when paying, if there is anything you don't want and we will make up your box with extra of other item/items:

THE DEADLINE FOR ORDERS IS SATURDAY, 21ST DECEMBER 6PM.

Deliveries will be made during the evening of Monday, 23rd...

Jean-Phillippe Bidart, head chef at the Millbrook Inn in South Pool, will this Saturday be demonstrating how to cook an assiette of rose veal at the Dartmouth Food Festival. JP, as he is known, will be on the festival stage in Royal Avenue Gardens at 11am on Saturday, October 26 – below he shares his recipes.

Rose veal, sourced from Joyce and Steve Greenslade’s Pitmans Farm near Cullompton, is a popular choice on the menu. JP said: “It is a very good earthy meat and very underrated. It’s not too fatty, its healthy and its easy to cook and people love it, once they’ve tried it. And...