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The Artisan Loaf Rises
Just why is artisan baking suddenly so popular? Bakers and industry experts give us their take Read more »| 15 May 2014 -
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Pub-lic relations: The Skinny guide to selling beer
From getting your fans to come up with the recipe to roping in hilarious animals to front your ad campaigns, we look at the best way to flog a beer Read more »| 28 Apr 2014 -
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Brain Food
The Edinburgh International Science Festival is back, with an even bigger food programme than ever. Here’s our guide to the varying degrees of scientific lunacy on offer Read more »| 01 Apr 2014 -
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Seizing the Day: The Skinny’s Alternative Food & Drink Holidays
Fancy a food and drink-based knees-up in March, but can’t hack the corporate gubbins of St Patrick’s Day? We’ve helpfully planned out some foodie holidays for you all, from pan-American tomfoolery to an idea stolen from The Simpsons by the UN Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
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Crowdfunding Coffee
From cafes that charge for your time rather than your beverages, to increasingly complex 'third-wave' bars, concepts are ten-a-penny on today's coffeeshop scene. Our Food editor checks out the latest: a crowdfunded pop-up Read more »| 06 Feb 2014 -
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Hero Worship: Simon Rogan
In honour of our Food and Drink Survey, Northwest Food and Drink editor, Jamie Faulkner, raises a glass to former kebab man Simon Rogan, an award-winnng chef who's more interested in cooking great food than courting celebrity Read more »| 20 Jan 2014
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The Alternative Foodie Gift Guide
You know a foodie. You need to get them a present. And edible knickers just ain't gonna cut it this time Read more »| 06 Dec 2013 -
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Cheer and Present Danger: A Food Gift Guide
Christmas is a difficult time laden with expectations, greed, and roasted meat. We don’t intend to make it any easier in our precisely half-serious food and drink gift guide with a title borrowed from Farmville Read more »| 06 Dec 2013 -
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Waste Not, Want Not
Among all the excess of the season, our Food editor takes a moment to think Read more »| 04 Dec 2013 -
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Eaters Gonna Eat
In defense of the admittedly not always humble food blogger Read more »| 25 Nov 2013 -
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Around the World in 20 Drinks: Finland
In the last of our series on the wide world of booze, we head to Santa’s homeland - Finland - for some ethical beer, suspicious spirit, and lovely sparkling mead Read more »| 19 Nov 2013 -
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Meals and Wheels: The Rise of Street Food
All this talk of 'street food' – but with the term being applied fast and loose, has it lost its meaning? Read more »| 18 Nov 2013 -
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Around the World in 20 Drinks: Australia
In the penultimate stop on our booze-soaked tour of the globe, we visit Australia - where size and strength are everything, and the animals go on drunken rampages Read more »| 18 Nov 2013 -
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Eating It App
There’s lots of food out there, and sometimes you need a little help to sift through it. Help like an app, perhaps. We rummage through the biscuit tin that is the world of mobile applications to find you one that isn’t completely broken Read more »| 31 Oct 2013 -
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Cinema Not So Paradiso
In honour of Hallowe'en, we investigate what happens when food and horror films collide. It's, er, all killer, no filler Read more »| 08 Oct 2013