While some may believe this is far too early to be thinking of Christmas – we both know that’s not true. To master the organisation of the season, the ‘To do’ lists need to be started. Discussions should be had over who is cooking for the family – at which point you can either sign […]

This week’s local food producer interview is with Janet Peachey who runs Peacheys Preserves, One of Norfolks finest local jam makers producing a variety of artisan jams, jellies, preserves and winner of two Bronze Awards at the 2011 Marmalade Awards. Peachey’s Preserves is based near Diss in South Norfolk and the company has been going for […]

With Easter knocking on our door we thought it only right to celebrate great Norfolk Chocolate – so we sought out one of the regions most interesting and individual small producers! Originally working for chocolate giant Kinnerton (Britains largest manufacturer according to their website), Dale Skipper (that’s Mrs Dale Skipper!) has ended up running her own […]

With families preparing for an Easter Sunday get-together it got us thinking whether a traditional easter roast lamb is still the No.1 choice, what other cuts are often overlooked and, if lambs’ not your thing, what you might try instead. So we called on an expert – Sam Papworth of J & D Papworth butchers. […]

Following our interview with Jamie Archer, one of Norfolk’s finest butchers, we thought we’d carry on the pork theme and have a chat with Jackie Kennedy, owner of MarshPig – an award-winning charcuterie in South Norfolk. It was a personal love of great food that started her journey into producing her own salami – she […]

To kick off the new year and counteract all that Christmas excess we thought we’d talk about the simple pleasures of pork and find out about some of the less obvious cuts to try. We spoke to Jamie Archer, who runs Archer Butchers in Norwich which has been established since 1929. Jamie’s grandfather started the […]

Kay Plunkett-Hogge, a cookery writer and broadcaster, based in London who was so impressed with her Turkey from Morton’s Traditional Taste she offered to note down her top turkey cooking tips for our blog! Kay’s latest book, Make Mine A Martini, published by Mitchell Beazley, is out now It’s That Turkey Time Of Year Again… … which means […]

A top-quality chutney can turn a simple plate of cheese and biscuits into a delicious treat, so we’re really lucky to have had a chance to interview Candi Robertson, owner of Candi’s Chutney –  widely recognised as one of Norfolk’s finest chutney makers. Every Artisan food producer and has a different tale of how they […]

Last month we were very proud to be awarded more gold stars at the 2014 Great Taste Awards – arguably the most recognised Fine Food awards scheme in the UK open to all food producers, big and small. This year we won Gold stars for both our Twice Smoked Gressingham Duck Breast and Twice Smoked […]