The Gurnard’s Head has confirmed the dates for its 2014 Real Ale and Music festival, Don’t Wake the Fish as the Summer Bank Holiday weekend, Saturday 24th – Sunday 25th May. The festival, now in its third year at this famous Cornish inn, remains a …
Fat Hen, the country’s first Wild Food Cookery School, has introduced a specialist Seaweed Foraging and Cooking Course this year to help keen cooks get to grips with the slippery stuff. The one-day course will run on the 14th May and again on the 13th …
The British Asparagus season begins officially on the 24th April and, at Truro Farmer’s Market, those eagerly anticipated green shoots are now making an appearence, courtesy of Tregassow Asparagus of St Erme. British asparagus (which was once classified as part of the lily family) is …
As people across the country rediscover the joys of their local market, the white and green stripped stalls of Truro Farmers Market are once again at the vibrant heart of Cornwall’s culinary scene, winning new converts to a grassroots food culture which has never been …
Beatengreen, St Ives’ renown vintage boutique and purveyor of all things retro and reinvented, is about to begin a new phase of life itself. Creative couple Matt and Kerry Knight, who opened the eclectic emporium in the Old Masonic Lodge five years ago, are closing …
Now into its third successful year, the Big Produce Market returns to the heart of Truro at Lemon Quay on the 9th and 10th of May. Featuring over 50 of Cornwall’s most exciting food and drink producers, the market showcases many of the county’s smaller, …
A ground-breaking Wild Food Cookery School opens its doors in West Cornwall this spring, with a course celebrating the Cornish coastline. Fat Hen’s Fish and Shellfish Day on the 19th April will be led by Mark Devonshire, formerly Head Tutor at Rick Stein’s Seafood Cookery …
This spring The Gurnard’s Head hosts Cornish Still Lives, its third art exhibition following In the Cornish Light of Day in 2013. The exhibition features work by distinguished artists from South West Cornwall: Gillian Cooper, Maggie O’Brien and Martin Sadler. All are successful in turning …
Fat Hen, the country’s only dedicated Wild Food Cookery School, is set to re-launch in 2014 with an inspiring menu of specialist cookery courses. The programme will showcase the astounding abundance and diversity of wild Cornish produce, as well as offering a venue for unique …
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