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Where to eat in Frome: A local's guide
Featuring a Frome-dwelling food journalist's heavily-opinionated suggestions
Jul 31, 2024 • 
Hugh Thomas
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"Pain, tears, humiliation" in a Somerset restaurant kitchen
Toxic work cultures exist in restaurants more than you probably think – even ones claiming to be ‘ethical’ and ‘sustainable’
Jan 2 • 
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"Pain, tears, humiliation" in a Somerset restaurant kitchen
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Who does the best Sunday roast in Somerset?
And why is it Castle Farm?
Jan 25, 2024 • 
Hugh Thomas
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Would you pay £10 for a bacon sandwich?
Are visitors to Frome’s Rye Bakery getting fleeced, or is this the true cost of a good, responsibly-made sarnie?
Mar 26 • 
Hugh Thomas
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Somerset's ice cream counterculture
Generally speaking, to buy an ice cream is to buy into industrial, ultra-processed food. Here in dairy country however, small-scale producers are…
May 7 • 
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Owen's Sausages and Hams [WFJ #86]
A "sausage culture" comes to Frome
Oct 19, 2023 • 
Hugh Thomas
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Owen's Sausages and Hams [WFJ #86]
Somerset's forgotten dish
Within living memory, for a brief time snails featured as Somerset's plat du moment – then disappeared again
Oct 17, 2024 • 
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7 ways to eat out on a budget in Somerset
Dining and lunching for (mostly) £25 per head or under
Feb 7, 2024 • 
Hugh Thomas
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Somerset's most fertile lands could be lost forever
On the Somerset Levels, humanity might be about to lose its ancient battle with nature
Apr 17, 2024 • 
Hugh Thomas
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Somerset's most fertile lands could be lost forever
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Two hospitality businesses, one Somerset town (Part 2)
How the current economic climate brought an end to a popular restaurant in Frome
Mar 27, 2024 • 
Hugh Thomas
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Two hospitality businesses, one Somerset town (Part 2)
Frome's best fried chicken flies the coop [WFJ #60]
As the team behind The Griffin’s bar and kitchen relocate to The Artisan, what does this mean for their new home, and their old one?
Apr 12, 2023 • 
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Somerset's first whisky
Using local ingredients, a small distillery near Mells is making spirit so good it's "bonkers"
Aug 29, 2024 • 
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