Food & Drink

Food glorious food! Whether you’re a purveyor of fine beverages, hungry for news of upcoming food festivals or just feeling peckish. Subscribe today for free!

Get Barbequing this Weekend with Mato’s of Blandford Forum

The sun is out and BBQ stock is back at matos! Perfect easy Mother’s Day treat!

Northern Tea Bread with Mrs Simkins

Here’s another tea bread, a little different from the one featured in this column last March, which was based…

Nescafé serve up coffee masterclass to local care home residents

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Trinity Manor care home in Sherborne were recently treated to a live coffee masterclass…

Celebrate spring with a vibrant supper

March signals a surge in beautiful green vegetables, and this time my offering is a lovely light side dish…

Purple Sprouting Broccoli and Stilton Soup with Mrs Simkins

Although the glorious purple colour is lost, sweet and nutty flavoured purple sprouting broccoli makes fantastic soup, you can…

A winter warmer for chilly days

While we have had some tantalising hints that spring is on the way, there are still some chilled days…

Spring is sprung at Honeybuns Bakery

Spring has most definitely sprung here at Naish Farm, home of Honeybuns Bakery, Holwell. The air is abuzz with…

Cooking Cream Pancakes with Mrs Simkins

Cream Pancakes Here’s a little something for Pancake Day on March 1. Adapted from an unusual old Westmorland recipe, these…

Suppertime, and the living is easy…

The Dorset Food Co hosted their First Supper Club Night at the Barefaced Brewery Co on Thursday 10th February….

Community Kitchen donation

After hearing about the work of Sherborne’s Community Kitchen, residents and staff at Barchester’s Trinity Manor care home in…