Well… food wise? Stilton! What more do I need to say?…
Slow Food Nottingham are a new group and I’m excited to see what they’re getting up to.
Plus they can bring me up to speed with what’s really happening about local food and how people can join in/make a difference… details to follow
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Nottingham Slow Food Biography:
Slow Food Nottingham is a new, energetic and rapidly growing convivium. Formed at the end of last year we already have more than 20 members and a similar number of supporters and friends. We plan to provide an event each month for members and supporters alike from visits to producers around the region to excellent meals at the seasonal and locally-focused restaurants in the area.
Group leaders are Colin Stewart and Sharon Forman, who while not in the food industry themselves, like to talk, eat , breathe, grow and occasionally cook with the great produce available in the East Midlands. We have already enjoyed some great events this year, including a pot-luck lunch where everyone brought a dish to share and a popular dinner with Slow Food Worcestershire’s Sue Braithwaite, who came to Nottingham to talk to the members and find out more about the fledgling group!
Upcoming events include a visit to a rare, six-sailed windmill in Heage,
Derbyshire. The mill is over 300 years old, but has recently been restored to working order and now mills wonderful flour. We will also have a soft fruit tasting in July with local producers Goachers. This family farm has been growing fruit in Nottinghamshire for over 150 years and offer a huge array of strawberries, raspberries, cherries and apples throughout the year.
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I came across The Food and Farming Network which looks like it’s based in Nottinghamshire but is a national network celebrating British food and farming.
Stilton? I was lucky enough to be in Bra, Italy, for the Cheese festival and came across the producer of Stichelton, a cheese harking back to the original feelings of what we know a Stilton to be. Early days they say, but I thought it was still well worth mentioning here.
The Colston Bassett Dairy has turned up on the internet, selling to the likes of Waitrose, M&S and Neal’s Yard, it was set up as a workers co-op by local milk producers: so it seems to have been created from ethical roots and continues as such today. It does have a shop on site, but doesn’t run tours.
Some other farms and shops are: the Stonebridge City Farm, which has a petition at the moment to stop the city council reducing the area of the farm for local resident car-parking: Also, Delilah’s (up for Good Food Guide ‘Restaurant of the Year Award’, and ‘The Olives-et-al Deli of the Year Award, 2010’), JT Beedham’s award winning, locally farmed meat, West Bridgford farmers market, Harkers, Gonalston, Springlane, Trinity Farm Organics and River Nene Organic Vegetables.
Beer?
“Wouldn’t mind if you’re offering…”
How about Castlerock Brewery, Alcazar Brewery, Everards Brewery Ltd and the Marquis of Granby.
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Have your say on what Nottingham’s got… feel free to help people understand what it is to eat local food in Nottingham and post to the forum, follow the link below.
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