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A cheesemonger's guide to Somerset cheddar

Panettone parties, feminist opposition to caged hens, and the long-awaited return of a Bruton pub

"The margins on a bag of flour are nothing like the margins on a handbag"

Tax-dodging snail farms, the food bank moral dilemma, and how we might prepare for a more food resilient future

Can independent shops beat supermarkets on price?

Notes from a food festival in Bristol, does local food have a place in mainstream grocery shops, and huzzah for global warming

One bean, an ecological crisis, and a 5,000-mile headache

Food festivals, televised greenwashing, could horse milk ever take off, and the most coveted British food item in Paris

“We need to restore land in a way that's healthier for us, the environment, our communities”

Farm shops in Somerset, farm shops about Somerset, tea-dunked madeleines, and a big name London chef comes to Frome

Somerset's best restaurants (Summer 2025)

Fake honey is everywhere, Britain's eating behaviours will cook the government, and Jeremy Clarkson's an agro-fascist?

"We're trying to grow a rainforest within 20 years"

The return of the Somerset Food Trail, are we all actually eating empty calories, and where to find a nice pint in Bristol

Long, slimy, and oft forgotten

Local food personality emerges as a Sith Lord, major free-range chicken producer folds, and Somerset represented in street food awards

Somerset's ice cream counterculture

Somerset's top 26 restaurants, IMO

How to kill the hospitality industry, find great Filipino food, and save one of the UK’s greatest cultural assets

Would you pay £10 for a bacon sandwich?

Slow Food: Snails and the Culinary Geology of Somerset

"Pain, tears, humiliation" in a Somerset restaurant kitchen

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