Juniper, 21 Cotham Road South, Cotham, Bristol, BS6 5TZ 0117 942 1744 Juniper is one of those restaurants that I have been meaning to try for the last five years. The opportunity finally arrived when some friends bought us a voucher for a five course meal for two including a champagne cocktail – excellent, we [...]
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Ethicurean Cafe Barley Wood Walled Garden Long Lane, Wrington, North Somerset, BS40 5SA T: 01934 863713 W: www.walledgarden.co.uk My first visit to the Walled Garden at Barley Wood was a cold and wintery November. Our lunch consisted of soup for Sam and beef stew with dumplings for me – all of it delicious. Unfortunately as [...]
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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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Chipping Sodbury farmers market Chipping Sodbury, a little village on the outskirts of East Bristol – near to Yate. It may be a little further out of town but I have to say this is a real hub for local food suppliers and the farmers market is one of the best I’ve been to in [...]
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As a foodie with a limited budget but who cares about the food she eats and where it comes from, finding local food suppliers can sometimes be a challenge. The farmers markets, full of chutneys, cheeses and food galore are, to be frank, sometimes a little pricey. Finding local suppliers near to where you live [...]
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Stumbled across this pretty cool infographic on gardening and growing your own food from Love The Garden. Local and home produced food is not only better for the environment in terms of carbon footprint but also tastier too (plus nothing beats the satisfaction of eating home grown – home cooked food) Grow your own infographic [...]
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Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Road, Southville web: www.tobaccofactory.com Facebook (including lists of weekly suppliers) Well, after paying £2 for a punnet of strawberries from the supermarket then passing the greengrocer offering them at 2 punnets (twice the size of my one) for £2 (I know I know it serves me right for not buying local) I [...]
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10AM – 2.30pm every Sunday Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Road, Southville A thriving buzzing market with around 30 food & craft stalls and focus on greener living with ethical, eco-friendly, fair trade, organic and local products. Tobacco Factory market offers a wide selection of produce made and sourced from the South West and is a great [...]
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Primrose Cafe 1 Clifton Arcade, Boyces Avenue Clifton, Bristol t: 0117 946 6577 e: primrosecafe@talk21.com w: www.primrosecafe.co.uk With a typical tea-shop name, the modest looking Primrose Café could easily be mistaken for simply that, a small Clifton tea shop serving a selection of home made cakes, breakfast/brunch and Teas. Looks however can be deceiving, and [...]
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Arch House Deli Arch House, Boyces Avenue Clifton Village Bristol t: 0117 974 1166 e: enquiries@archhousedeli.com w: www.archhousedeli.com For foodie’s trying to support local producers, shopping can be a challenge. Supermarkets are filled with imported goods and even delicatessens’ don’t guarantee locally sourced goods. Which is why I was overjoyed to visit the Arch House [...]
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