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Rising demand for local produce in Britain
The appetite for locally produced food in Britain has risen dramatically in recent years, with more and more consumers realising the benefits in terms of flavour and quality. Food that hasn't travelled thousands of miles before it arrives on your plate is fresher, tastier and healthier, and choosing to buy locally also gives a financial boost to your community.
The 2008 Taste Festivals are the perfect opportunity to find out about the best food and drink available in your area. This year there are five festivals being held in the UK, plus two in Ireland, all set in the stunning surrounds of the UK's top city parks and each one proudly focuses on the finest local restaurants and produce. They are showcases for the country’s best restaurants and chefs whom one can meet on site. Gary Rhodes, Jeff Blunt and other biggies are there to show how it’s done.
You can travel the country from Edinburgh in May/June, via Leeds in early June to a taste of London in the middle of June. A couple of weeks later after digesting these three one can toddle off to Bath at the beginning of July before going off back northwards to Birmingham.
Cookery demonstrations, seminars and degustations are often booked out so it is good that one can spend the time strolling up and down the alleyways between the stalls of the chefs’ supply ‘heroes’. Food tourism in Britain with a difference.
Source: timesonline.co.uk/16th May 2008
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