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Find, foster and fine pairings
The fertile lands of the Exe Valley have been home to apple orchards for centuries, but over the years, many have bee...
Festive cheese tasting evening
As the nights are drawing in and the year's end is nearly upon us, it's time to cosy up with candles and mulled cide...
Smoked: The ultimate provenance tale
History of smoking food
It wouldn't have been long after our ancestors first experimented with fire that they discov...
Seasons of change
Summer seems to last forever until all at once it collapses into autumn. The landscape shifts, green to brown, russet...
November on the Farm
NATURE
The riot of summer hedgerows turns to barren ruin. We cut some of the hedgerows each year in the autumn to...
Taste Quicke's at these autumn foodie events
It's a busy couple of months for Quicke's as we see our partners, friends and customers hold tastings from London's h...
October on the farm
NATURE
The hot summer has given hedgerows dripping with fruit. Now they are squelching into the damp corruption of a...
Eat, Drink, Devon - A Harvest Celebration
Join us for a harvest celebration with Pipers Farm and Sandford Orchards this October.
Sandford Orchards, Crediton...
Our wild cultures from the swinging sixties
One of the key moments in cheesemaking is the acidification of milk, which causes it to split into solid curds and...
Reading The Land by Dr. Katharine Earnshaw
This is a guest post by Dr. Katharine Earnshaw, a lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exete...
Ludlow & Abergavenny Food Festivals
This month we are delighted to be taking part in masterclasses at two of the UK’s finest foodie festivals, Ludlow an...
September on the farm
NATURE
It’s been a hot, long summer. This year, we sprang from winter straight to summer, without the growthy spring...
