FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD

Britain produces 700 named cheeses - that´s more than France!

There are more than 2,000 varieties of apple grown in Britain. The Bramley apple is still produced from stock taken from the original tree where a pip was planted in the garden of a Mr Bramley in the early 19th century.


The biggest ever promotion of British food on our shores is taking place right now! The seventh British Food Fortnight festival celebrates the diverse and delicious range of food that Britain produces.

It is a harvest time, so let´s join the celebration and think beyond the chicken nugget when planning the next weekend out. Come with us to explore vintage rural England and its fine artisan food and drinks.

We invite you on a culinary tour through the Somerset County, famous for its fruits of the land for centuries.

Our first stop will be picturesque Cheddar, home of the magnificent limestone gorge and caves and of course the Cheddar Cheese Company. After seeing cheese being made we will treat ourselves at the taster bar. Crammed with a heavenly mix cheeses from cheese logs rolled in herbs, chillies, washed in perry, sloe gin and cider plus local pickles and biscuits, you just want to taste it all.

An abundance of smoked delights, from eel to garlic, awaits us at Brown and Forrest´s Somerset Smokery. Their adjoining restaurant, our lunch stop, is a magnet for "foodies" - hot smoked salmon steaks flavoured with garlic and spices ooze flavour.

Somerset and cider go hand in hand - in fact no visit to the county would be complete without a trip to an orchard or cider farm. Housed in a sixteenth century thatched barn, Perry's Cider farm has been been producing award winning traditional ciders for over four generations. The ancient art of cider making is still very much alive and cider is stored in wooden barrels. A wide choice of draught and bottled ciders can be sampled in the farm shop.

Tempted? Click here for more details: http://travel.meetup.com/1280/calendar/8695067/

Yours Eva and Jakub