Showtime celebration of local food
On a swelteringly hot August Bank Holiday, visitors to the Aylsham Show were grateful for the shaded marquee of the Food Discovery Zone where the cool Slow Food group were based. This year’s theme for the displays was cereals which, … Continued
Super-easy playdough recipe
Makes 1 coloured ball – takes 10 minutes You will need 8 tbsp plain flour 2 tbsp table salt 60ml warm water food colouring 1 tbsp vegetable oil Method Mix the flour and salt in a large bowl. In a … Continued
The heat is on for Aylsham Show
Team Slow Food Aylsham rolled up early Sunday morning at Blickling as temperatures started to climb to prepare their pitch in the Food and Farming Discovery Zone for the Aylsham Show next day. Two hexagonal tents house a range of … Continued
Cereals ain’t just for breakfast
Slow Food Aylsham has teamed up with the Food and Farming group to celebrate the local food scene at the Aylsham Show on 26 August Bank Holiday with displays, and competitions and a chance to win a £50 prize food … Continued
Fast forward for Food Festival
Now in its 14th year, Slow Food Aylsham is setting out its stall for its traditional three-day celebration of all that is good about local produce and food traders.The annual Food Festival is held on the first weekend of October, … Continued
Pizza – justa like a you like it
A little bit of this, some of that and a pinch of the other – and you gedda da little pizza justa like a . . . well justa like a these youngsters made. They came to Aylsham Farmers’ Market … Continued
A warming welcome at Family Day
The heat was on for the Slow Food Café when hundreds of visitors to the annual Family Learning Day at Aylsham High School stopped off at the canteen to enjoy some traditional home cooking. While it was wet and windy … Continued
Café service at Family Learning Day
Slow Food Aylsham is once again providing the café at the Family Learning Day at Aylsham High School on Saturday 8 June. There will be a reasonably-priced menu of varied snacks, drinks and filled rolls for a light lunch to … Continued
Banging day for bangers
Aylsham entertained more than 3,000 visitors at its first “sausage festival” as butchers, breeders and producers from as far as Cornwall and Lincoln came to celebrate the humble banger. The Big Norfolk Sausage Bash took over the Market Place and … Continued