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Aug 1
2 min

Taste test - 100% wholemeal.

Wholemeal bread means different things to different people. Most commercially produced wholemeal is made with a percentage of wholemeal a...

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dianamsmith

Jul 27
2 min

Time to rediscover bread?

This week we are all being nudged to think about what we eat, worry about our weight and the effect it might have on our health. Everyo...

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dianamsmith

Jul 7
2 min

What's cooking for the re-opening of Stafford Farmers market.

re-opening this Saturday 11th July after the months of lockdown. The producers have had a couple of markets at Stone, so are now very fam...

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dianamsmith

Jul 7
3 min

What makes a “good” farmers market?

The first farmers market in Stafford since lock down will take place this Saturday 11th July. Maybe this is a good opportunity to think a...

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dianamsmith

Jun 16
3 min

Who can afford to eat well?

I am sure that most people will be aware of the successful campaign by the footballer Marcus Rashford to persuade the government to rethi...

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dianamsmith

Jun 11
1 min

Whats in a carrot cake?

When you start looking at carrot cake recipes you realise there are thousands of different ways to make cakes out of carrots. I often mak...

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dianamsmith

Jun 6
3 min

Farmers market - remote style.

Planning for the first farmers market since lock down has been an intense process. There were the questions of course - was I ready to do...

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dianamsmith

May 30
1 min

Re-opening at the red lion.

Getting food businesses running again is quite a challenge for everyone. It is all about giving people the confidence that they are safe...

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dianamsmith

May 28
3 min

Coming out of Lockdown,

Over the last 20 years the Farmers Markets have been a fixed point in the structure of every month. On the Tuesday and Wednesday before ...

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