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What is The Wallfish Journal?
Food journalist Hugh Thomas brings you Somerset's only publication dedicated to food and drink
Jan 13, 2024
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Food journalism is not just food criticism; Percy Pig’s cult of personality; and why octopus might be back on the menu
Professional gluttony exists in various forms, plus the usual assortment of local food intel for this month’s paying WFJ subscribers
19 hrs ago
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Where to eat in Frome: A local's guide (updated for 2026)
Featuring a Frome-dwelling food journalist's heavily-opinionated suggestions
Feb 12
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Where to eat in Frome: A local's guide (updated for 2026)
Feb 12
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"Pain, tears, humiliation" in a Somerset restaurant kitchen
Jan 2, 2025
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Who does the best Sunday roast in Somerset?
Jan 25, 2024
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A cheesemonger's guide to Somerset cheddar
Dec 17, 2025
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Somerset's best restaurants (Summer 2025)
Jul 30, 2025
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Would you pay £10 for a bacon sandwich?
Mar 26, 2025
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"When January hit, we saw a massive decline"
Chester Ellis on the realities of running a drinking establishment in January/February, moving into his own brewery, and the symbiosis between pubs and…
Feb 11
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The author is dead, long live the author
A revelation alongside the usual assortment of local food intel for this month’s paying WFJ subscribers
Jan 28
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8 ways to eat out on a budget in Somerset
Dining – or rather mostly lunching – at independent restaurants and for £30 per head or under (updated for 2026)
Jan 14
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Food and farming in 2026: Change is afoot
The latest intel on food, farming & food culture in Somerset (and beyond)
Jan 3
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A cheesemonger's guide to Somerset cheddar
The Cheese Lord on what separates a Westcombe from a Glastonbury Twanger and a Keen's from a Monty's. Also: when's a cheddar a cheddar, and how to…
Dec 17, 2025
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Panettone parties, feminist opposition to caged hens, and the long-awaited return of a Bruton pub
The latest intel on food, farming & food culture in Somerset (and beyond)
Dec 3, 2025
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"The margins on a bag of flour are nothing like the margins on a handbag"
Amid one of the biggest nut harvests in recent memory, Glastonbury farmer Roger Saul reflects on the ticking "timebomb" of British farming
Nov 19, 2025
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Tax-dodging snail farms, the food bank moral dilemma, and how we might prepare for a more food resilient future
Here we are, then – after this month’s (quite thorough!) survey of supermarket prices versus independent food shop prices, it’s back to the monthly…
Nov 5, 2025
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Can independent shops beat supermarkets on price?
While in Frome on a weekly food shop, I wonder: are independent retailers really as expensive as people think?
Oct 22, 2025
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