Red Lion Wine House – review

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Red Lion Wine House, 26a Worrall Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 2UE t: 01173 292 303 w: www.redlionwinehouse.com twitter: @redlionwine Tucked away on Worrall Road – just off Whiteladies, is the Red Lion Wine Bar, one of Bristol’s best kept secrets. The concept is simple, amazing wine with cheese. You walk into a small wine bar-come [...]

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Wine & Cheese evening at The Elephant, Tues 13 Sept, £5

20 St. Nicholas Street, Bristol, BS1 1UB 0117 929 3561 www.TheElephantBristol.co.uk bookings@TheElephantBristol.co.uk Like wine? Like cheese? Thought so! On Tuesday 13th The Elephant on St Nicholas Street is hosting their very own wine and cheese evening for the bargain price of just £5 a head. Your hosts for the evening will be Ben from the [...]

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Chilli Dip – Seriously sinful party food!

Before I even get started I must issue you with a warning. If you’ve stumbled across this page via a search engine and are looking for a chilli dip that is sweet, tangy and of the Thai variety then I would politely suggest that you take a step back and leave as swiftly as you [...]

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Corn Street farmers market, Bristol City Centre

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Corn Street farmers market Every Wednesday 9.30am – 2.30pm Walk down Corn Street on a Wednesday and you are absorbed by a hubbub of passionate foodies scrabbling to get to the stalls of the weekly farmers market. There’s a brilliant selection here, two or three of most types of thing but each with their own [...]

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Cheesy Garlic Tear & Share-A Carb Lover’s Dream

Having spent 6 weeks off the carbs (it makes you grumpy and spotty…I would definitely NOT recommend it), this recipe was an absolute revelation. Discovered via Pinterest (another revelation, but I’ll save that story for another day), I adapted it slightly to make use of what I had in the fridge, but for someone who’s [...]

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On The Seventh Day Of Christmas… Rosemary and Garlic Biscuits

…Rosemary & Garlic Biscuits for Cheese. Now cheese and biscuits is a welcome treat at any time of the year, but with the abundance of Christmas Stilton, Port and not to mention Gemma’s Christmas Chutney, there really is no excuse not to indulge in a bit of festive fromage.  These water biscuits are tasty, easy [...]

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On the fourth day of Christmas… Christmas Chutney

I surprised at just how easy this chutney was to make – my kitchen certainly smelt very Christmassy – yum! Makes 1 to 1.6kg Ingredients: 450g cooking apples 500g luxury mixed dried fruit Rind of 1 grated orange 2 tbsp mixed spice 150ml cider vinegar 350g light muscovado (brown) sugar Method: 1. Place chopped apples, [...]

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St Nicholas Market Food Review – Trethowan’s Dairy: Cheese Man

www.trethowansdairy.co.uk Perfect for a hangover or a late breakfast – the toasted cheese sarnies from here rock – and the cheese is great to buy and take away also. Not as exotic as some of the others but definitely hits the spot. Plus, a perfect place to top on much loved cheeses, from stilton to [...]

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Katie’s Chilli Lasagne

This is dish given to me by a fellow foodie, my good friend Katie and is one of my favourites. It’s a great dish for when you have several people coming over and are cooking for larger numbers Ingredients: Chilli Con Carne Mixture (as hot as you like it) Cheese Sauce Tortilla Chips Lasagne Chilli [...]

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Quick and Easy, NO excuses Cheese Sauce

I’m a foodie of the opinion that Cheese Sauce from a packet is a cardinal sin so I’ve included my recipe for Cheese Sauce below (it’s SO quick and Easy you have no excuses!!) Ingredients 1 Mug Grated Cheese (the finer the better) 1 Teaspoons Butter Pinch of Salt and Pepper (and Paprika if you [...]

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