Tag archives for food
Small Plates Food Festival Returns to St. Leonards
The highly-anticipated Small Plates Food Festival is officially returning to St Leonards this summer on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 June. Following previous success, the celebration of local flavours expands…
Why We Need a Local Food Network
Anna Locke writes about the newly launched 1066 Food Network is a local initiative intended to create a viable alternative community around Hastings. It aims to ‘join the dots’ by…
Roast White Fish with Fennel and Olives by Renee Lavin
This is one of our favourite ways to enjoy fish. Back home in Sydney I always use Blue Eye Trevalla or Barramundi, but you can substitute any moist, firm, white-fleshed…
West African Fish Stew by Lynda Murray
This recipe has been passed down my Guyanese family for several generations. It has 5 ingredients plus coarse sea salt and olive oil, nothing more and certainly nothing less. This…
Vegan Hastings- Ahead of the curve by Georgie Drake
It’s not exactly news that Veganism is on the rise. With over 542,000 people now following a vegan diet in the UK, that’s a 300% increase in the last…
Winter Comfort Food
by Meg Cronin This is a very comforting chicken and rice dish with celeriac roasties – just perfect to have on a cold winter’s night. You can prep your own…
Roadkill venison
By Geoff Dann Something a bit different for Christmas In this case I was entertaining a small subsection of the family, only three of whom were carnivores. The meat had…
Ginger Baker
Fans of the Great British Bake Off are challenged to bake their most creative gingerbreads for a competition on Hastings Pier on Saturday 10th December, where finalist Jane Beedle will…
To the ghosts of 1066
By Sophie Shaw Jane Packman and Ben Pacey, cofounders Dens and Signals The Feast of the Dead is nearly here, but what can we expect from this most unusual of…
Get your leek on for St David’s Day!
It's the first of March 2016, and that can only mean one St David's Day! The patron Saint of Wales hails the start of spring and (to paraphrase Wordsworth) a…
Smoked Salmon Salad
Sunny, bright and cold days are perfect for enjoying the delights of warm salads, you get to imagine it is summer whilst trying to navigate your utensil use under layers of…